SolidWorks® Enterprise PDM

Seamless integration with SolidWorks promotes teamwork across design teams. The built-in automatic notification capabilities will inform, remind or alert team members, when a file has been modified or its status has changed.

The first and only commercial engineering document management system entirely integrated within Windows Explorer. You can perform all functions with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM either through Windows Explorer or one of its CAD integrations. As a result there is no proprietary interface to learn, making operation simple and the software one of the easiest and least expensive ways for a company to implement product data management (PDM).

Enables authorized personnel to access the most current design information, quickly, easily and from anywhere. This ensures that the right data is presented to the right user at the right time thereby reducing errors.

In addition to the ability to manage any document type, the built in viewing capabilities support the viewing, including zoom and print, you can preview over 250 different file types. These file types include SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid Edge, PDF, Microsoft Office, images, animations, movie files and many others.

The robust search capabilities make it easy to find documents based on their names, contained data, attached metadata, workflow state, etc. These searches can be predefined, saved and shared to one or more users. Once the desired document is found it can easily be reused in new designs.

A powerful wizard based template manager that allows for automatic folder creation with assigned user rights is included. Additionally, this feature can also be used for automatic generation of forms such as ECN, letters, faxes, etc. This provides companies with classification and standards control which can be tied to project based numbering schemes and automatic title block links.

The globalization of design teams requires that current design data be immediately available to all team members regardless of location. SolidWorks Enterprise PDM satisfies the need for additional enterprise scalability and support for document/drawing vault replication over a WAN for multi-site, multi-national companies.

The workflow functions enable users at local and distributed locations to become active participants in product development, design reviews, engineering change orders, quote approval and other product-related processes. Workflow diagrams define the paths of documents and related information through the various processes along with responsible individuals and their access rights (read, modify, approve, etc.). Automatic notifications prompt workers on actions required at specific stage gates while an overview of project status shows managers bottlenecks.

Throughout the lifecycle of your technical data the system tracks and records every event, each workflow, and every version that impacts the data set. The audit tools record who did what and when, and how and why each change was made.

A fully featured COM based programmer's API is included. Using this API the system can be integrated with most any other system.