Helios Part/Assembly/Drawing

If you have opened a HELiOS document in SolidWorks, the HELiOS Ribbon will be displayed in the user interface.

The name and the functional scope of the Ribbon varies depending on whether a Part, an Assembly or a Drawing was opened in SolidWorks.

On the left half of the Ribbon you can find functions for the saving, loading and displaying of data, and for the editing of the document in the current session:

Open

Opens a document loaded via HELiOS document search for editing purposes. It will be locked against editing for other users in the process.

Open (read only)

Opens a file in read-only mode, i.e. with no editing option.

Save

Saves the document and synchronizes the configured properties with the Server.

Info Centre

Opens the HELiOS Info Centre with data and functions for the opened document.

Document

Shows the document master of the opened document in a HELiOS detail window.

Article

Shows the article master of the opened document in a HELiOS detail window.

Edit

Reserves the (opened) document for exclusive editing by the logged-on user.

Check-in

Saves the edits of the (opened) document and transfers them to HELiOS.

Cancel

Cancels the editing of the (opened) document. The last state that was saved in HELiOS will be loaded.

To the right of this area, you can find a function group with data transfer functions, and a function group for the input of article and document masters on the Ribbon.

Use the

Update part names function to update the part names in the component structure according to the preset configuration.

Further to the right you will find one function group for project contexts, and one for folder contexts.

Use the

Open via HELiOS function to specify whether you always want to call the HELiOS document search in SolidWorks, also in the general menu (when activated, the "Switched on" button will be graphically highlighted).

Please note:

On the HELiOS - Drawing Ribbon tab you will find additional functions designed especially for drawings.

If an Assembly has been opened, the additional HELiOS - Active part Ribbon tab for the active part of the assembly will be displayed.