How to retrieve an old version from within the PDM vault and save it as a new version

A question I often come across while on tech support is:

“How do I retrieve an old SOLIDWORKS PDM File Version from within my Vault and save it as a new version so that the versions in between remain preserved?”

Navigate to andselect the file you’d like to get an older version of, then click onActions>Get Versionandselectthe older SOLIDWORKS PDM file version you’d like to retrieve.

You can also selectGet Versionfrom theright-click shortcut menu.

NOTE: the ‘Version 2/3’, ‘Local version: 2’ and ‘Latest version: 3’.

There is also an alert on the version tab to let you know that you do not have the latest version of this file on your local hard disk.

Right-clickandCopyandPastethe file from PDM Vault to a local drive.

Check Outthe file in PDM Vault.

Note: the local version updates to same as the latest version. In SOLIDWORKS PDM you can only check out the latest version of the files.

CopyandPastethe file from the local drive to the PDM Vault.

SelectYesto replace the file in the PDM Vault orYes to All如果选择多个文件。

Check Inthe file in the PDM Vault. Latest version 4 is same as version 2 and the version 3 is preserved.