Armory Set up

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Set up Armory

Do this on the Windows computer where you use SolidWorks. It takes about five minutes.

Your team’s CAD files, in one safe place

  1. Check out: Check out a file so you can change it.
  2. Save: Change it in SolidWorks and click Save.
  3. Check in: Check it in, and your team gets your change.

Sign in first, so this page can see when your computer connects.

On a lab computer

Armory is already there, so skip the download.

  1. Click Start, then type Armory.
  2. Open IDEA Armory.
  3. Click your name, or click Add a student.
  4. Sign in with your school Google account.

Can't find it? Use the steps below.

On your own computer

  1. 1. Download the app

    Not done yet.

    Get the Windows app Version v0.6.0, 41.1 MB. It downloads straight away.

    Setting up lab computers from a flash drive? Get the flash-drive version.

    Need help with your first part? Get IDEA Unstuck.

  2. 2. Install it

    Not done yet. It takes about a minute.

    1. Open the file you got. It is in your Downloads folder.(IDEA-Armory-Setup-v0.6.0.exe)
    2. A blue box may say Windows protected your PC. Click More info, then click Run anyway. Windows says this about apps it does not know yet.
    3. It installs in a few seconds and never asks for a password.

  3. 3. Connect this computer

    Not connected yet. This page notices on its own once you do.

    1. Open IDEA Armory from the Start menu.
    2. Click the green Connect button.
    3. Sign in with your school Google account, then come back here.

  4. 4. Your projects

    You are not in a project yet. A mentor adds you by your school email.

Words to know

Project
Your class or team, with its own files.
Check out
Take a file so only you can change it.
Changed
You saved new work that your team does not have yet.
Check in
Give the file back so your team gets your change.
Available
Nobody has this file, so you can check it out.
Version
Each check in is kept, so you can go back to it.
Side versions
If someone saves a file another person had checked out, or saves from an old copy, their work is kept beside the main version. Nothing is thrown away.
Undo check out and Force check in
Undo check out gives a file back without saving. A mentor, a CAD lead, an instructor or a site admin can use Force check in on a file someone forgot; their unsaved changes are kept as a side version.