SOLIDWORKS PDM Performance

Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS PDM Performance from the Javelin technical team

How To Improve SOLIDWORKS PDM Performance with File Previews

By Lynette Proch on April 8, 2026

SOLIDWORKS PDM performance is complex, often needing a deep dive to fully understand what is slowing you down. A common…

By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on June 20, 2022

When files are deleted in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault, these files are placed in the PDM equivalent of the Windows…

By Justin Williams on April 12, 2021

By default within a replicated SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional environment, 10 files are replicated per transfer to the target server(s) during…

By Nadeem Akhtar on November 1, 2019

New in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020 the performance of browsing in the PDM vault view has increased. SOLIDWORKS PDM now loads…

By Nadeem Akhtar on October 11, 2019

In SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020 the performance of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Add-in has improved significantly. Enhancements include the following: The SOLIDWORKS…

By Joe Medeiros, CSWE on December 24, 2018

SOLIDWORKS PDM SQL Server Statistics is information about what is stored in SQL Tables. This information is then used to…