How to show Drawings under the SOLIDWORKS PDM Contains Tab

Article by Justin Williams updated October 30, 2017

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By default the SOLIDWORKS PDM Contains Tab in Windows Explorer is set to the ‘Active Configurations’, and as a result of this will not show any references to drawings.

SOLIDWORKS PDM Contains Tab

SOLIDWORKS PDM Contains Tab

How to show the drawings within the Contains tab

  • Change the view from Default <Active Configuration> to <Do Not Show Configurations>
Change the view from Default <Active Configuration> to <Do Not Show Configurations>

Do Not Show Configurations

Then the drawings will be listed as references within the contains tab;

Then the drawings will be listed as references within the contains tab

Drawings listed as references under the contains tab

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Justin Williams

Justin Williams is a Data Management Applications Expert based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.