Logging in as another user

There is not necessarily a direct relationship between a Windows user and a PowerShape user. For example, you can log into Windows as user ano, and log into PowerShape as user abc. It is typical to have a PowerShape user set up for administration tasks (often called admin) so it is often convenient to swap between user and admin logins.

To log in as another user:

1. In the Command box, type login. A warning message is displayed if any open models have unsaved changes. Click No to cancel the login command and save your changes, or click Yes to continue.
2. Use the Login dialog to enter the user's Login name and Password.
3. Click OK. The security rights change to those of the new user.

If the user is unknown to PowerShape, you can try again. If after six retries the login attempt has still not succeeded, the command is automatically aborted by PowerShape.

To add a user to the list of known users, see Setting up users.