Search Card
Using the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional search tool, we can complete a search to list all logged in users. Importing the Users Search Card Via the Administration Tool; open the card editor; Select File > Import Navigate to the client installation files and select all(Search Complete)_gb.crd for English Select…
How to set the default SOLIDWORKS PDM search path to be the root folder
When opening the Complete Search Card from within a vault, the SOLIDWORKS PDM default search path will be the folder in which the search was opened, therefore only searching from that folder down. As a user, I found that 99.9% of the time, I actually wanted…
‘Out of the box’ SOLIDWORKS PDM contains a Complete Search Card that has many options for search criteria. For example; Users can search by filename, description, current state, or even so far as text contained inside a document using the “Content” tab. Basically; this form has an option for…
In previous versions of SOLIDWORKS PDM, it was possible to add Input Formulas to Edit boxes in Search Cards … but they didn’t actually do anything. The input formula box would display for any Edit box in the Card Editor, so the formula could be…