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Samir Lohmann
Improving data consistency with SOLIDWORKS Manage using the In Process status
By Samir Lohmann on December 10, 2020
SOLIDWORKS Manage Processes are a very powerful and flexible resource to model business processes and automatically update any records involved as the process progresses. In this article, we will show how to use the In Process status to guarantee that the records being affected can…
Starting in SOLIDWORKS 2021, you can now generate IDs for each Weldment Part Cut List item that is a unique identifier for each cut list item in a Part’s Cut List folder. To enable this, click Tools > Options > Document Properties > Weldments. Under…
SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 allows you to share files with people who do not have Manage installed on their systems, through an HTTP link to the Web Plenary client. To share a file, simply right-click it and select Share. Share Options This will show you a…
SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 Bill of Materials (BOM) Enhancements
By Samir Lohmann on September 30, 2020
SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 brings new, powerful Bill of Materials (BOM) features. Here’s a short summary of the new functionalities. Dissolving an item One of the most powerful enhancements is the possibility to dissolve an item in a BOM, so that that item is replaced by…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2021 Treehouse view in the Where Used tab
By Samir Lohmann on September 29, 2020
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional 2021 introduces the possibility to show a Treehouse view from any file’s Where Used tab. With the Treehouse view, you can visually navigate through all assemblies and drawings that use a file. This can save you the time you would take to…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2021 Assembly BOMs now support Cut List items
By Samir Lohmann on September 24, 2020
Starting in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2021, Cut List items can be shown as children of their part files in any Bill of Materials (BOMs), not only in the part Cut List or Weldment BOMs, as was the case until SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020. This makes it much…
How to fix a ‘File not found’ error when exporting a CEX file from the SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration Tool
By Samir Lohmann on February 28, 2020
SOLIDWORKS PDM administrators may want to save their vault settings as a CEX file for a number of reasons; for instance, to create a sandbox vault or to provide it to Technical Support. Our exporting SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault Settings article contains a series of steps…
The SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault Structure and Backup best practices
By Samir Lohmann on December 11, 2019
If you are an IT professional who supports a SOLIDWORKS PDM installation, you already know that it has many features that enable the Engineering department to design their products faster and better; but from a purely IT perspective, it is a specialized file repository –…
How do I switch to a different user in SOLIDWORKS Manage 2019?
By Samir Lohmann on June 26, 2019
Note: this article only applies to SOLIDWORKS Manage 2019 or earlier. When you login to SOLIDWORKS Manage 2019, by default, you will be also be logging into your SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault, if your Manage environment is connected to PDM. Note in the screenshot below that…
How to prepare for a SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard or Professional migration (for Workgroup PDM users)
By Samir Lohmann on May 8, 2019
With the introduction of SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard in 2016, the popular but outdated SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM started to be phased-out, and SOLIDWORKS 2017 SP5 was the latest version to include it. As of version 2018, companies have the choice of either migrating to SOLIDWORKS PDM…
Why can’t I send a Record to a Process in SOLIDWORKS Manage?
By Samir Lohmann on April 22, 2019
When setting up a new process in SOLIDWORKS Manage, for instance, an Engineering Change Process to be used by a certain object type, it is common to see the screen below when trying to send your record to the new process. The drop-down is empty…
Working offline during a SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault Maintenance
By Samir Lohmann on December 20, 2018
Overview During a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault maintenance, such as a migration or implementation of a server, a performance audit, or during an upgrade, users may need to work offline for a certain period of time, while the vault is being serviced. Sometimes, it is also…
Can I get a new revision number for a file in SOLIDWORKS PDM prior to making my changes?
By Samir Lohmann on October 18, 2018
A common question that we are asked during SOLIDWORKS PDM implementations is what the correct transitions in the workflow are to increment the revision number of CAD files; should the SOLIDWORKS PDM revision number be created before or after the modification is done? SOLIDWORKS PDM…