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Joe Medeiros, CSWE
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 Web2 Download Permissions
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on October 25, 2016
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 Web2 now lets an administrator control download permissions. This is done by modifying the configuration node of the Web.config file. The Web.config file is located by default, in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SOLIDWORKSPDM\Web2. The following string denies the user download permissions, <user denyDownload=“true“ name=“No_Soup_For_You“></user> The Admin has…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 Change File Category
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on October 24, 2016
The category associated with a file can now be changed. The admin user can change the category of a checked in file, by selecting Change Category, from the Modify pull-down menu in the local vault view. This will change the Category a file is associated with, not…
How to Add Custom Columns in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on October 21, 2016
With SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 you can now add a custom column in the Transition and Get dialog boxes. SOLIDWORKS PDM Custom Columns can be added by right-clicking on any column heading and selecting More from the shortcut menu. Or by right-clicking within a dialog box and…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 Windows Explorer Document Preview Enhancements
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on September 25, 2016
There are new enhancements for the SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017 Preview Tab in the Windows Explorer Vault view. If eDrawings is being used as the viewer and Display > Options, in the local Vault view, is set to ‘Show Full UI in SOLIDWORKS preview‘… …you can…
SOLIDWORKS PDM Failed to create temporary file for SOLIDWORKS Simulation
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on August 9, 2016
If your SOLIDWORKS Simulation results folder is associated with PDM, you may receive the error message ‘Failed to create temporary file‘. This can happen when PDM attempts to create a preview of the Simulation results. This will typically occur when you try to create a new mesh, or…
Understanding $PRPSheet in SOLIDWORKS PDM
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on August 8, 2016
$PRPSheet can be used in an attribute block to map a model property to a custom or configuration specific property of a drawing. This is explained in the Javelin blog article SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional: Write Drawing Card With Part Card Variables. This property will then show…
Information entered in SOLIDWORKS PDM Sheet Tabs cannot be linked to Drawing Annotations
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on August 3, 2016
The information entered in a SOLIDWORKS PDM sheet tab and a data card can differ. In some cases we may want to link a note in a drawing sheet to a value entered in a sheet tab. For example the document number from a sheet tab needs to…
How to remove an orphaned SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault from user computers
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 25, 2016
Even though a vault has been removed from the vault server, it can still appear on a user’s computer. The user can see the deleted vault, but cannot access it. To remove the ghost of an earlier vault, the Windows Registry can be edited to…
How to update SOLIDWORKS PDM Viewer Settings for ALL users
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 20, 2016
Currently if you need to make changes to User Viewer settings, each user has to be updated individually. If there are multiple users to update, this can be a tedious time consuming task. To avoid this toil, the SOLIDWORKS PDM Viewer Settings can be updated…
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Exporting Nodes
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 6, 2016
Exporting nodes, such as Data Cards, Workflows, Users & Groups, can help with the system deployment, or troubleshooting your vault. Export Node In SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration, right-click on the node you want to export and choose Export from the pop-up menu. Click on the Save icon…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2016 Menu Changes
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on May 5, 2016
With SOLIDWORKS PDM 2016 the PDM menu has been removed from the SOLIDWORKS standard menu bar. As shown in the figure below the previous version of SOLIDWORKS PDM included an Enterprise PDM menu for accessing the PDM Options. PDM Options is now only accessible from the SOLIDWORKS Tools menu as shown in the…
Installing SOLIDWORKS 2016 Workgroup PDM Server
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on March 24, 2016
The SOLIDWORKS 2016 Workgroup PDM Server installation is included in the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager. The Installation Manager can be launched from your SOLIDWORKS Installation DVD or from a downloaded service pack. Once the Installation Manager starts, on the Welcome Screen, you can select SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Server under Server…
Creating a SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 30, 2015
Before creating a new Vault, the SOLIDWORKS PDM SERVER, the PDM Client on the computer where the vault will be created and the SOLIDWORKS SolidNet License Manager must be installed. A new SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault is created with the SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration tool. To create…
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Archive Server Configuration
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 29, 2015
Once SOLIDWORKS PDM Server has been installed, you may be prompted to configure the Archive Server. The archive is where the vaulted files are physically stored. After the initial welcome screen, you will be asked to identify which users and groups will be listed for…
SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Administration
By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on November 29, 2015
In this article we are going to review some of the main components of SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Administration. These components allow you, the administrator, to control your data and to define what information will be gathered and distributed. It is important to understand how these…