Overview
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Learn how to use SOLIDWORKS PDM to organize your work, track changes from multiple users, and maintain file references in complex projects.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Course assets
- SolidWorks PDM Pro vs. Standard
- Upgrading or downgrading
- Server requirements and installation
- PDM install on server
- Database and Archive Server
- Activation
- Modify install to add client and admin tools
- Upgrading to Professional
- Creating a vault
- Client requirements and installation process
- Creating a local vault view
- Loading a .cex file
- Administration tool
- Creating users and groups
- Setting user and group permissions
- Log file
- Confirming correct versions and installs
- Windows Explorer interface
- Client add-in interface
- Variables and attributes
- Data cards
- Data card editor
- Where used?
- Search using PDM
- Bill of materials
- Copy and Move Tree
- Creating a folder structure
- Adding files to the vault
- Check in and check out
- Versions vs. revisions
- Get version
- Deleting vs. destroying
- Working offline vs. online
- Next steps
