The RKad app speaks Turkish. Buttons below are named in English, with the Turkish label you'll see on screen in brackets. Türkçesi: Üye rehberi.
RKad keeps your team's SOLIDWORKS and OpenRocket files in one place, with their history. You keep working in SOLIDWORKS; RKad keeps the files in order and tracks who is editing what.
One rule: take a part's lock before you edit it. Files you don't hold the lock for are read-only, so two people can never overwrite each other.
1. Install (about 10 minutes)
- Ask your captain for an invite code. It works once and expires after a few days.
- Download and run RKad-win-Setup.exe. It needs no administrator rights. If Windows says the publisher is unknown, choose More info → Run anyway.
- Enter the code and your name, then Sign in (Giriş yap).
- RKad creates your team's workspace folder (for Surge,
C:\Surge\S26\) and downloads what the top assembly needs.
The workspace path is the same on every machine; that's how SOLIDWORKS assemblies find their references. Don't move the folder, and don't rename files in Explorer. RKad updates itself.
2. The part list
Files are grouped by subsystem. Each row shows the part number, description, latest version, who changed it last and its state.
| State | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Up to date (Güncel) | Your copy matches the server | Lock it to edit |
| Outdated (Güncel değil) | The server has a newer version | Update (Güncelle) |
| Not local (Bilgisayarda yok) | On the server, not on this machine | Download (İndir) |
| Locked by you (Sizde kilitli) | The file is writable | Edit, then Upload or Release lock |
| Locked by someone else (Başkasında kilitli) | Read-only; shows who and since when | Look, or wait |
| Pending upload (Yükleme bekliyor) | Changed while offline | Uploads when you're back online |
| Conflict (Çakışma) | Your lock was broken and the server version changed | See Conflicts |
Search and the My locks (Kilitlerim) filter are at the top; connection status and pending uploads at the bottom. What teammates do (new versions, new parts, your lock being broken) arrives in the bell.
3. Edit a part
- Find the part and open it.
- Lock and edit (Kilitle ve düzenle). If someone else has it, you'll see who; talk to them.
- The file becomes writable. Edit and save in SOLIDWORKS.
- Back in RKad, Upload (Yükle). The upload dialog checks the name, custom properties (PartNo, Description, Revision, DesignedBy, Material), the SOLIDWORKS version, missing references, and the drawing's sheet format and standard.
- Write a short version note (“Motor block bore 8 → 8.5 mm”) and send it.
- A new version is saved, the lock is released and the file is read-only again.
Changed your mind? Release lock (Kilidi bırak). Don't sit on locks; captains see locks older than seven days. If you changed several files (a part and the assembly using it), upload them all.
4. New part
- New part (Yeni parça) → pick the subsystem (and its family, if it has one).
- Write the description in English CamelCase without spaces:
MotorBlock,BoltM5x20(30 characters at most). - RKad takes the number from the server and creates the file from your team's template:
S26-STR-0621_MotorBlock.SLDPRT. The lock is yours. - Model it, add it to the assembly, upload both.
The revision is never part of the file name; it lives in the history and the Revision property. Going offline? Use Reserve numbers (Numara ayır) in the new part dialog first; parts made with them are created on the server when you're back.
5. Review and history
No lock needed to look. Download a part and open it read-only in SOLIDWORKS, or view it in eDrawings (works without SOLIDWORKS too). The part's page shows its version history, references and the assemblies that use it, and lets you download any older version.
To go back to an older version, use Restore this version (Bu sürüme dön). History is never rewritten: the old content becomes your edit, and uploading it makes a new version.
6. Conflicts
If a captain broke your lock while you were editing and someone uploaded a new version, your file turns to Conflict. RKad never overwrites anything silently. You choose:
- Take the server version (Sunucu sürümünü al): your changes move to
.rkad\conflicts\in the workspace, and the server's version comes in. - Save under a new number (Yeni numarayla kaydet): your change becomes a separate part with a new number.
7. SOLIDWORKS versions
Your team has one standard SOLIDWORKS release (Surge: 2026). On another release you can view and download, but not take locks. Files saved by a newer release are refused on upload. For older releases RKad keeps a Parasolid (.x_t) and STEP copy of every part in the _notr folder.
8. OpenRocket
The season's flight design (S26-ORK-0001_….ork) is locked and versioned the same way, without SOLIDWORKS. If someone else holds it, take a study copy, try your ideas, and send the ones you like to the lock holder as a change request. Motor and custom component files install themselves on every machine from the team library.
9. FAQ
SOLIDWORKS says the file is read-only.
You don't hold the lock. In RKad, Lock and edit.
Someone has the lock and can't be reached.
Ask a captain; they can break the lock. The holder's changes are kept.
The internet is down.
Keep working on parts you've locked. Changes wait as “Pending upload” and go up when you're back online.
Something went wrong.
⋯ → Help → Open log folder (Günlük klasörünü aç) and send rkad.log to your captain. Unexpected errors are already reported to RKad's developers.
Uninstalling.
From the app or Windows Settings. It never deletes your workspace, and warns you about locks you hold or changes you haven't sent.