Warning when opening files without checking out

[szczepan.balawender]

Hi, 

when you open data in the CAD Plugin without checking it out, no information comes up, that it is in "read only" state. It would be helpful for users if a warning came up like: "Caution the item is not checked out - any changes you do might be lost".

The current behavior, that you can check out the files any time you want is like it should be. But still a warning would be helpful. For better understanding I have attached a video. 

BR, Szczepan

[stephen.trochimchuk]

Hi @szczepan.balawender,

Thank you for your feedback! Would you mind posting this to the Upchain Ideas board?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/upchain-ideas/idb-p/6141

The Ideas board is the best place to get product team visibility into your feedback.

Thanks again, and all the best,

Steve

[imckenzieY7CGY]

Does your setup not set the files to readonly in this case such that you get a warning that you'll need to save under a new name when you try to save the file locally? We run with Solidworks and opening a file without checking out will open the file in readonly mode, which is displayed next to the filename in the title bar and then you can't save it without getting a pop up asking for a new filename.

I would probably rather not get a pop up every time I open a readonly file that I just want to look at or use in an assembly. Clicking to close it every time would get annoying really quickly. 

[szczepan.balawender]

Hi @imckenzieY7CGY ,

thanks for your feedback. The idea came up from a customer, and I know the described behavior from other solutions like Vault or Teamcenter, so I am used to this. But you are right, in Solidworks and in Inventor it is clear if your file is read only or not. In Inventor you already get a warning, when you start editing the file, so there are no excuses for users, if they forget to check out the file. 

An extra warning might be annoying. 

So @stephen.trochimchuk please don't consider it further. The current behavior is good as it is.