SolidWorks® Workgroup PDM
Product Data Management for the Workgroup
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM is a production-proven product data management solution that is uniquely suited to the requirements of SolidWorks engineering workgroups. Easy to use, SolidWorks Workgroup PDM allows your design team to control CAD file revisions and manage all project data more efficiently.
Do you need workgroup data management?
- Is your design team sharing SolidWorks documents over a network and possibly overwriting files by mistake?
- Is there a need for revision control for your SolidWorks documents?
- Do you need to secure your SolidWorks data?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES then your company would benefit from using SolidWorks Workgroup PDM
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Features
- Provides secure access to engineering data
- Facilitates design re-use
- Enables a workgroup design environment
- Automates revision control
- Provides rapid ROI with limited IT required
- Easy to learn and understand
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Benefits
Control revisions and manage CAD projects more effectively
The more you refine product designs and collaborate with others, the more CAD file
revisions and associated data you have to manage. While Microsoft® Explorer may be
an effective tool for locating and storing many types of files, a well-managed product development effort requires more comprehensive controls to help your design team avoid the possibility of overwriting files or making other errors that could add time and cost to your schedule.
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM captures file revision histories automatically and allows you and other members of your product design team to instantly access desired files, determine who has worked on them, and see exactly when changes were made.
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM gives your design team instant access to all the design files and data they need, accelerating time-to-market by minimizing errors and duplicated efforts.
Protect project files with simple and complete security
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM provides an effective approach to securing files through
vaulting - a simple, yet highly reliable and safe system for storing shared project files. Vaulting allows members of your design team to share files systematically, checking them in and out of the vault one at a time to avoid the possibility of a team member
accidentally overwriting a file or spending time working on the wrong file revision.
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM provides an additional level of security beyond a standard
networked environment where files are shared by means of common network folders. With SolidWorks Workgroup PDM, access to vaulted information is only possible through the user interface by means of the administrative controls that you establish for your
workgroup. Unlike common network or local folders, the SolidWorks Workgroup PDM vault protects your design information from unauthorized access as well as accidental
overwrites and deletions.
Spend less time organizing and tracking all types of design data
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM allows your design team to manage all types of design information more efficiently — both documents and data — including properties such as description, status, number, and costs. You can make changes simply by selecting items and keying in updated values, automatically updating all associated bills of materials and reports. Examples of documents and types of data that SolidWorks Workgroup PDM helps you manage more efficiently include:
- SolidWorks part, drawing, assembly, and SolidWorks eDrawings files
- Design properties and specifications
- SolidWorks Simulation result files and standard parts libraries
- Microsoft Office files
- Legacy DWG, DXF™, and IGES files sent to and received from vendors
- Graphics, animations, and PDF documents
With the help of SolidWorks Workgroup PDM, your team members can focus their energy on critical design issues and spend less time organizing and tracking files and data.
Improve productivity through reuse of product design data
By making all of your product design files and data available in a manageable and secure environment with fast and convenient search capabilities, SolidWorks Workgroup PDM allows your design team to access content easily and reuse previously developed design work more efficiently. SolidWorks Workgroup PDM is also well-integrated with the SolidWorks Toolbox standard parts library. Effective reuse of design data saves hours of design time by reducing duplicated efforts.
SolidWorks Workgroup PDM integrates SolidWorks with our existing inventory control system which allows us to spend more time on design and less time on data entry.
Mark Stairs, Engineering Supervisor, Craig Manufacturing Ltd.
