Articles by: Joe Medeiros, CSWE
Downloaded zip files can be ‘Blocked’ by Windows and this can prevent an executable, such as the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager from running correctly. To avoid this, the SOLIDWORKS Installation zip file should first be ‘Unblocked.’ To ‘Unblock’ a zip file, right-click on the file and…
In this post you will learn how to change the SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault date format and why the change may be required. The reason for a SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault date change could be because: The date format defined during the creation of the vault is…
After installing the SOLIDWORKS PDM Client for the first time, the Archive Server must be identified in PDM Administration. When attaching a client computer to an Archive Server, the logged-in User’s Profile is compared to the ‘Attach access’ and ‘Administrative access’ of the user profile….
When files are deleted in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault, these files are placed in the PDM equivalent of the Windows Recycle bin. These files will stay in this location until they are destroyed. Having a large number of deleted files can impact performance negatively. Information…
On occasion, there are error messages generated by our SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment which are less than clear. The error message “The owner SID on a per-user subscription doesn’t exist,” is one of those. This error is nestled away in the Windows Application Event log…
There are a number of Tools that can be used to determine if SQL is set up correctly as described in the SOLIDWORKS PDM / Manage Installation guide. The first two tools are located in the SQL Server Install Center and are located under Tools:…
Windows June 8 2021 Security Update (KB5003637) Disables Adobe Reader PDF Preview Support in SOLIDWORKS PDM
Issue: the recent Windows Security Update (KB5003637) released in June 2021, may break the integration of Adobe Reader ActiveX within SOLIDWORKS PDM. This can result in a black window when previewing a PDF, or on some systems, this may cause SOLIDWORKS PDM to crash! There…
I won’t lie, this article is a bit self-serving as I hope it will be used to shrink the amount of information I have to review when I’m helping customers, but learning how to filter information in Windows Event Viewer logs will be helpful if…
This article is geared towards troubleshooting a particular error when creating a SOLIDWORKS PDM Local View. The steps outlined in this article can be applied to other scenarios, where creating a Local View has failed. For this particular scenario, examining the PDM User Log, after…