File alteration flags

Simply opening a drawing file then File-Print flags the drawing ( or
part ) as having been changed. The flag applies to the save dialog box that
pops up when you close something you've been working on, and also in that
PDM considers the open file newer than the vault version.

This is no big issue when all you've done is open some drawings to print
them, but when you have a lot of drawings open and have actually altered
some of them, but not others, its a real pain. Simply saying yes to the save
dialog would cause local copies and vault ones to not be equivelant or
rapidly find yourself at rev 999zzz. Saying no can result in a change not
being saved.

Is there a setting somewhere that I can control what events actually
trigger these flags? There are other events that trigger the flag that
don't actually alter the part. File-page setup ( just checking paper
orientation, scale, ect ) then canceling out is another.

 

First of all, if all you are doing is printing a file and not checking
it out you shouldn't be trying to save it.

Second, printing does change the file because your print settings will
possibly change.

Third, if you are using PDMW revisions as your revision number instead
of the version number you will run into these problems.

In other words you might have to change your approach.