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SOLIDWORKS PDM

Name: SOLIDWORKS PDM
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SOLIDWORKS PDM will improve your workflows and the way that you store and work with data with its tools for search, security, revision control, and automation. Never worry about version control or data loss again.

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SOLIDWORKS PDM is our core data management solution. With an extensive range of features, PDM can benefit everyone from a single user to an enterprise with hundreds of users.

Typical browsing to find files in a local or network folder can be cumbersome, and a Windows search on directories of any size can take a long time. Files stored in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault have metadata or properties associated with them that can be used as search criteria. With SQL running on the backend, your search results are returned much quicker.

SOLIDWORKS PDM also offers granular permissions capabilities and a check-in, check-out process to ensure that you and your co-workers can take ownership of files when needed and data will never be overwritten. Its powerful workflows enforce standard processes, keeping everyone aware of statuses in real time, and allowing for your repetitive and manual processes to be automated.

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File Management
Maintain your data in a single, secure vault. SOLIDWORKS PDM manages file references and automatically updates them if and when you move a file or rename it. This eliminates broken references and the time required to locate and manually fix lost references.
Design Reuse
Easily find and reuse existing design data. Locate files quickly with PDM’s tools rather than spending time searching for prior designs on shared drives or local workstations – or recreating designs when you can’t find them.
Revision Management & Control
Avoid errors associated with manual revision control methods by using SOLIDWORKS PDM to track changes and maintain a history of revisions through the design’s lifecycle. You can also use custom file naming and revision control schemes to ensure you are always working with the correct version of the design. Check-in/check-out procedures allow no-risk collaboration when working with large design (such as industrial equipment) when design changes are made by many users.
Secure File Vaulting
Your PDM vault is secure so you can control access to your proprietary product data. You can assign specific access rights to individuals and groups.
Audit Trail
Some industries, like medical devices, require a complete audit trail of product development and testing. PDM maintains a complete history of your design, engineering, and product development activities for reporting and auditing, right out of the box. It creates automatic records of every action on a file including date, time, and user stamps.
Integrated Search
Quickly find your data using powerful search tools within SOLIDWORKS PDM. Search multiple file types – including CAD, Microsoft Word or Excel, and more – and use multiple different search criteria including name, date, metadata, and even workflow status.
eDrawings Preview
View eDrawings, SOLIDWORKS, and AutoCAD documents in eDrawings from within SOLIDWORKS PDM.
Engineering Change Management
Engineering change documentation and approvals become completely electronic with SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional to reduce the time needed to complete approvals and Engineer Change Order (ECO) processes. You can also graphically represent the product development process using flowcharts.
Bill of Materials Management
Maintain, manipulate, and leverage Bill of Materials (BOM) information to help support downstream applications and systems. Create individual BOM objects directly from CAD file structures that automatically update when the CAD model changes, eliminating frequent manual updates. Connect your CAD data with your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems, allowing you to easily update BOM information across other business enterprise systems. Use customizable templates to display BOM information and format BOM information based on the needs of a user or group.
Regulatory Compliance
Facilitate compliance with industry standards and government regulatory requirements such as FDA, RoHS, ISO 9001 and 140000, ANSI, and others.
Distributed Collaboration and Enterprise Scalability
Collaborate throughout your organization while keeping people connected, current, and working on the same set of data in the vault, regardless of their location across your entire enterprise. Secure file vaulting eliminates “silos” of information, duplicate files, and unsynchronized revisions. Configure your PDM system to notify users automatically when documents progress through various states or stages in the electronic workflow you establish. SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional includes tools that allow you to configure and customize your PDM system to match the specific needs of organizations both large and small.
Advanced Search and Favorites
Save and share search criteria as “favorites,” to get instant access to your most popular searches.
Multi-Document Preview
View multiple documents concurrently in the Preview window.
Automated Neutral File Creation
Save time by configuring the software to create neutral file formats automatically.
Custom Configuration
Map variables to predefined properties (such as Title and Author) as well as custom named properties in your files. If a SOLIDWORKS file contains configurations, the configuration names appear as tabs in the data card. Configuration-specific values are shown in the corresponding tab.
Automated Data Import and Export
Import variable values from an XML file into a vault database. In the vault, existing files or items that match import criteria acquire the values at specified points in the file workflow. You can also create a rule to export SOLIDWORKS PDM BOM variables that can be read into ERP systems.
Serial Number Generators
Use serial numbers to automatically assign names to files and folders, assign unique IDs to items, or to add unique running values to card controls. You can set up as many of serial numbers as you need in each vault. Item Number serial numbers are defined by default to generate unique item IDs.
Remote, Mobile Access
You staff and partners can contribute through web-enabled portals from connected devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Automated Approval Process
Automatically facilitate multiple required approvers with parallel transitions.
Email Notifications
A SOLIDWORKS PDM notification can be added from the local vault so that the user who is logged in will receive an email when a predefined event occurs in a file or folder.

HOW CAN HAWK RIDGE SYSTEMS HELP?

At Hawk Ridge, we are driven by the need to provide expert, personal support and services. We have helped thousands of customers implement data management solutions successfully so that they could be up and running effectively as fast as possible.

A large manufacturing company wanted their customers to be able to access information such as metadata, BOMs, and design previews from their website. We helped them set up their PDM vault and connect it to the cloud using our internally developed platform, PDM REST API, enabling them to allow users to securely access PDM Vault information from their website.
Another customer required information such as vendor and cost to be updated regularly from their SQL-based ERP solution into their CAD data, and then push BOM information from their CAD assemblies back to the ERP. Our team of PDM experts implemented SOLIDWORKS PDM along with our internally developed packages, Database Import and Database Export, to pull information directly from the ERP and push Bills of Materials back.

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We offer a wide range of data management services including AutoPilot implementations to get you off the ground and running as fast as possible, as well as complete custom configured solutions adapted to fit your needs. Our dedicated Enterprise Services team will provide recommendations and workshops to make sure you are successful upon initial implementation, adding training on features and using PDM.

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IMPROVE PERFORMANCE THROUGH TAILORED LEARNING

We offer training for both PDM users and admins. Our live, online courses give you the interactive and high-quality training that our clients expect from us without you needing to leave home! You will have access to the latest software so you don’t need access to your own license on your computer.

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Our certified technical support team is here to help with software questions and troubleshooting, allowing you to stay productive. Personalized Ask-an-Expert sessions are also available to give you more comprehensive support for SOLIDWORKS PDM challenges or for a dive deep into specific topics and best practices.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Can I store data other than SOLIDWORKS files in the vault?

Yes. Not only can you do it, but it’s recommended to store all associated files in your PDM vault.

What license types are available for SOLIDWORKS PDM?

There are 3 PDM license types: Viewer, Contributor, and Editor.

Viewer licenses provide basic read-only access to files in the vault.
Contributor licenses add the ability to work with and update the files and data in the vault.
The Editor license enables the CAD add-in to allow users to access the PDM Professional functionality from within the CAD application.

Do I have to have SOLIDWORKS installed to access the PDM vault?

No. It is very common for people who are not using SOLIDWORKS to still use PDM. One example would be assembly employees, who often would need to view assembly and part drawings in a PDF format but never access the actual CAD files. SOLIDWORKS users will benefit from the PDM add-in with Editor licenses giving them access to vault data and operations directly within the SOLIDWORKS interface.

Can SOLIDWORKS PDM integrate with other business software (ERP, MRP, CRM)?

Absolutely. There are several pre-built connectors available as well as an API for PDM Professional that can be used to develop anything you need.

Can you access and use PDM remotely?

Yes. There are several ways to access PDM remotely: Remote Desktop, VPN, Web2, and we can even host the server components on the cloud.

What do I do with my existing data when I implement PDM?

There are several options here and we will work with you to determine what makes the most sense for your business and your wallet. In short, you generally have three options: you can draw a line in the sand, you can manually drag and drop files to add them to the vault, and lastly, we offer full migration services to ensure data integrity and correct metadata mapping.

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