1.6.5.6.  eol.cfg

Control of the Display for opening and exporting parts via eol.cfg based on settings in PARTproject under Settings > General > End of Life [Expiration date (End of Life)].

Setting in PARTproject (here in the example)

  1. Date: Example part already expired

  2. Lock after expiry [Block after expiration]: "Yes" (default is "No")

  3. Replacement part specified

PARTproject > Expiration date (End of Life)

PARTproject > Expiration date (End of Life)

Setting in PARTadmin: In this example, role-dependent settings were used.

Usual scheme:

[COMMON]
[COMMON(UserRole1)]
[COMMON(UserRole2)]

All setting combinations of the two keys are possible:

  • EolAllowOpen: Allow opening of the part: Yes/No

  • EolAllowExport: Allow export of the part: Yes/No

eol.cfg > Block "Common"

eol.cfg > Block "Common"

Corresponding example part in 3Dfindit

3Dfindit

3Dfindit

The following illustrations show sample images in 3Dfindit for part selection (opening the part possible or not) and for the table view (part export possible or not).

  • Unable to open part: The Next [Continue (with EOL part)] button (with EOL part) [Continue (with EOL part)] is inactive.

  • Open part possible: The Next [Continue (with EOL part)] button (with EOL part) [Continue (with EOL part)] is active.

  • Part export not possible: The Export to CAD button is inactive.

  • Part export possible: The Export to CAD button is active.