SOLIDWORKS PDM

SOLIDWORKS ® Product Data Management (PDM) products manage and synchronize your design data across your entire enterprise with a single, easily deployable solution tightly integrated with all SOLIDWORKS applications. By leveraging a secure vault, you can extend the access to your 3D design environment and associated files, for all participants from engineering through manufacturing. This enables everyone involved in your projects to share information and collaborate on designs, while automatically protecting your intellectual property with the automated version and revision control systems.

WHY CHOOSE SOLIDWORKS PDM?

COLLABORATE ACROSS BOUNDARIES
Product development organizations can span continents and time zones. SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional creates a collaborative community regardless of distance and location.

• Search for data in multiple ways, using parameters such as document or file name, contained data, or custom properties like part number, description, and current workflow state (e.g., released or in-process)
• Give distributed users quick access to designs, specifications, and documentation through vault replication
• Enable staff and partners to contribute through webenabled portals from various connected devices including smart phones and tablets
• Control access to specific engineering data and project information through secure access including integrations to Active Directory (AD) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

MANAGE NON-CAD DATA EASILY
Essential product data extends beyond mechanical CAD files and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional enables efficient management of all design related information.

• Easily produce customized Bills of Materials (BOMs) for individual departments
• Manage, view, and print document from more than 250 file types including major CAD formats, Microsoft Office files, images, and animations
• Automatically create neutral files, such as PDFs, eDrawings ® or STEP
• Take advantage of the many included integrations to popular CAD applications, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, and Microsoft Office

BENIFITS

SOLIDWORKS PDM takes care of your data
SOLIDWORKS PDM centralizes the storage of all your engineering data and related files to give you these benefits:

• Version control for both minor changes and major revisions to help prevent data.
• Integrated workflows that automate your design and approval processes for more efficient review and release of final designs.
• Implemented in a fraction of the time required by other product data management solutions.

With SOLIDWORKS PDM, you can dramatically reduce the time you spend searching for parts, assemblies, and drawings. Part of the SOLIDWORKS product development solution covering design, simulation, technical communication, and data management, SOLIDWORKS PDM will help you drive design reuse and manage your overall product development process.