PDMWorks Workgroup Contributor with Viewer

Length: .5 Day

Prerequisites: Basic experience with the SolidWorks file structure and referencing, and the Windows™ operating system.

Description: The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and concepts
central to the successful use of PDMWorks Workgroup. The intended audience is people who do not use SolidWorks but still manage SolidWorks files.

The topics covered in this course are:

Lesson 1: PDM Concepts and File Management

• The Four Pillars of PDM
• What is the PDMWorks Workgroup Software?
• PDMWorks Workgroup Overview
• PDMWorks Workgroup Components
• Basic Rules
• SolidWorks File Management
• File References
• File Reference Example
• Opening Files
• Saving Files
• File Properties
• External Reference Search Order

Lesson 2: SolidWorks Explorer and PDMWorks Workgroup Add-In

• PDMWorks Workgroup Contributor
• SolidWorks Explorer
• Renaming Components
• PDMWorks Workgroup Add-In

Lesson 3: Managing Files with PDMWorks Workgroup Add-In

• Document Check In Process
• Check in Documents
• Revision Scheme
• Change Project
• Working on Vaulted Documents
• Reporting
• Searching
• Microsoft Desktop Search
• Searching for Documents in the Vault
• Renaming Documents
• Explain Access

Lesson 4: PDMWorks Workgroup Viewer (in PMT0111 only)

• PDMWorks Workgroup Viewer
• Accessing the PDMWorks Workgroup Viewer