SOLIDWORKS PDM · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
Your CAD files under control: versions, references, approval and vault administration.
Free video training · PDM
Seven lessons, from your first vault login to backing it up. The first five are for all users, the last two for SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard administrators.
7 lessons
22 videos
Beginner to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Log in to the vault and work from Windows Explorer
✓Check out, edit and check in a file without losing version history
✓Find a file, its references and the assemblies that use it
✓Install, validate and back up a SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard vault
Where to start
Users: take lessons 1 to 5 in order; lesson 2 is the one you will apply every day. Administrators or IT managers: lessons 6 and 7 cover installation, permissions and backup.
The program
01Discover PDM and log inHow the vault works, logging in, client license types and the Windows Explorer interface.▶ 4 videosBeginner▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Overview▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Log In/Log Out▶SOLIDWORKS PDM License Types▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Windows Explorer Interface→02Check Out, Edit, Check InThe daily work cycle: check out, check in, version history and sending a file through a workflow.▶ 3 videosBeginner▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Check Out, Edit, Check In▶SOLIDWORKS PDM File History▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Workflows→03References, copy and local cacheContains and Where Used tabs, custom references, Copy Tree and Move Tree, local cache.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Viewing the Contains and Where Used Tab▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Creating and Modifying References▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Copy/Move Tree▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Managing the Local Cache→04BOMs in PDMWeldment BOMs and weldment cut lists, named BOMs, versions and comparison.▶ 2 videosIntermediate▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Weldments BOMs and Weldment Cut Lists▶SOLIDWORKS PDM: Working with Named BOMs, BOM Versions and Comparing BOMs→05Search the vaultQuick Search, Embedded Search, Search Tool, shared favorites and export to Excel.▶ 3 videosIntermediate▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Searching in PDM▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Adding, Editing and Recalling Favorite Searches▶SOLIDWORKS PDM Integrated Search vs. Search Tool→06Install PDM StandardPDM Standard components, installing SQL Server Express and the servers, creating the vault and the local view.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶PDM Standard Components▶Install PDM Standard▶Create PDM Vault and Client Local View→07Validate, manage permissions and back upVault validation, users, groups and permissions, full backup.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶Validate the PDM Vault▶Users, Groups and Permissions▶PDM Vault Backup→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SOLIDWORKS PDM and SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard (on MySolidWorks).
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