SOLIDWORKS PDM is a client/server product. This means that there is a portion installed on the server and a second portion (the Client) installed on each user’s computer. Once the PDM Client has been installed, a Vault View must be created. The vault view is how users interact with PDM. This is where they add files to the vault, check files in and out, etc.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019 and newer allows for mixed authentication of logins, meaning an administrator of a vault can set the option to allow users to log in as their Windows login from active directory and SOLIDWORKS PDM users. Previously, the administrator had to choose between setting up the vault logins with Windows users or SOLIDWORKS PDM users. The vault administrator can now have multiple users either with a PDM account and a Winodws login account access the vault at the same time.
What does your company need to be aware of when it moves the SOLIDWORKS PDM Servers to a different domain from the current domain? What happens when PDM Clients are moved into a different domain from the PDM Servers?
Each year SOLIDWORKS maintains the included software guides and the majority of these guides are available online or from inside the software located under the Help pull-down menu. However, there is a little-known guide that is deep inside the installation folders that few users even know existed. This hidden guide can be extremely beneficial for new SOLIDWORKS PDM users who could use some reference material as they get started with PDM.
The SOLIDWORKS PDM error message "No database is connected to this view” occurs when a PDM user tries to access a vault view, but the software can’t locate the necessary vault information in the registry. This is often due to missing or corrupted information in the registry, which results in PDM being unable to access the database and prevents the vault view from opening.
The Update References tool in SOLIDWORKS PDM allows you to correct broken references of assemblies and drawings while giving you control over what is being updated, and getting it done in a much easier way compared to your standard slog through suppressed components.
As more SOLIDWORKS PDM users continue to make the leap from Windows 10 to Windows 11, our Technical Support Team has noticed a rise in reports of extreme slowness when loading a new File Explorer window.
If you use the tools built into SOLIDWORKS Electrical to produce non-CAD documents and you use SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, AND you are planning an upgrade soon, this article is for you. While add-ins are (and have been) available to integrate SOLIDWORKS Electrical with PDM, this article refers specifically to the options that don't require those tools. These are found under SOLIDWORKS Electrical Tools > Link to PDM Configuration.
To search for a SOLIDWORKS PDM variable and have it appear on column sets, it needs to be in your data card first. But what if showing it adds no value to your data cards? This article demonstrates how to include the variable in the data card while keeping it hidden.