SOLIDWORKS PDM – TPM https://www.tpm.com Improve your designs, deliver more work, win more business Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:37:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.tpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-tpm-favicon-50x50.png SOLIDWORKS PDM – TPM https://www.tpm.com 32 32 How-to: Setting the License Type in SOLIDWORKS PDM  https://www.tpm.com/blog/how-to-setting-the-license-type-in-solidworks-pdm/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:36:32 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/?p=12170 What is SOLIDWORKS PDM? SOLIDWORKS PDM helps improve the quality of products by managing data files and documentation. PDM helps teams store and index design data, track versions, and collaborate on designs remotely. The software comes in three packages: SOLIDWORKS Standard, Professional, and Manage, each of which provides various capabilities. What Are License Types in SOLIDWORKS PDM? Licensing for SOLIDWORKS PDM software is based on floating client licenses. SolidNetWork License Server manages a pool of licenses automatically applied to your system when you log in to a vault. The license is returned to the pool when you log out or exit SOLIDWORKS […]

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]]> What’s New for SOLIDWORKS PDM 2022? https://www.tpm.com/blog/whats-new-for-solidworks-pdm-2022/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:17:47 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/?p=9916 SOLIDWORKS PDM 2022 brings significant new capabilities for users and administrators alike with its 2022 improvements. PDM includes advantageous features that manufacturing organizations leverage to manage their data. This fact remains true even before the updates included with the SOLIDWORKS 2022 edition. If you’re interested in reading about some of those features, we have previously covered PDM’s search function and file management security. Nonetheless, SOLIDWORKS looks to enhance PDM even further with beneficial updates year after year. This year is no different, seeing SOLIDWORKS bring some significant changes that improve SOLIDWORKS users’ day-to-day file management. Let’s explore the unique features […]

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]]> SOLIDWORKS PDM: Search & Ye Shall Find https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-search-and-ye-shall-find/ https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-search-and-ye-shall-find/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/search-ye-shall-find-with-solidworks-pdm/ Old habits die hard, they say. Nothing rings truer than this phrase when it comes to developing a process of storing manufacturing documents and files. In 2006, SOLIDWORKS launched PDMWorks Enterprise, later going through various renames before landing on the existing SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard and Professional levels. Dare I say that today, because of SOLIDWORKS PDM, old habits may die a little easier? Let’s dive in and take a look at how efficient file storage and collaboration can be.   The Days Before PDM Before the release of SOLIDWORKS PDM, the only way to find the data files and documents […]

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]]> https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-search-and-ye-shall-find/feed/ 0 Secure File Management with a PDM System https://www.tpm.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-secure-file-management-through-a-product-data-management-pdm-system/ https://www.tpm.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-secure-file-management-through-a-product-data-management-pdm-system/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-secure-file-management-through-a-product-data-management-pdm-system/   Product development is an intricate and collaborative process. Yet, aspects of one product can cross over to another and serve as a baseline for your CAD team. The right tools improve productivity and enhance the assets you already have available to you. Secure file management is essential for protecting your intellectual property while still allowing your team to collaborate and repurpose existing designs for added efficiency. We’ll explain the benefits of product data management systems, the basic features, and how you can get started on SOLIDWORKS PDM. We will also demonstrate how fast and easy the SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard […]

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]]> https://www.tpm.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-secure-file-management-through-a-product-data-management-pdm-system/feed/ 0 SOLIDWORKS PDM – What is Cold Storage? https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-what-is-cold-storage/ https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-what-is-cold-storage/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/solidworks-pdm-what-is-cold-storage/ Cold Storage is a feature in SOLIDWORKS PDM that will automatically move or delete old versions of files. It can be used to reduce the amount of disk space required on an archive server. It’s similar to tape backups that would be used to take data offline to minimize storage requirements in the early days of computing. While adding disk storage is relatively inexpensive these days, managing your file archive is something an administrator should consider. In this post we will discuss some considerations, how to configure cold storage, and how it is used. Cold Storage Considerations The first consideration […]

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]]> https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-what-is-cold-storage/feed/ 0 SOLIDWORKS PDM Workflows: Tips & Traps https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-workflows-tips-traps/ https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-workflows-tips-traps/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2020 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/solidworks-pdm-workflows-tips-traps/ In over 13 years of working with SOLIDWORKS PDM I have created or modified dozens of workflows. Having spent so much time doing this I have found several tips that can save you time and enhance your workflows. I have also discovered a few traps to avoid. My goal with this article is to help you as a PDM Administrator configure workflows more efficiently. I want to begin with the traps. Whenever you add a new State to a workflow by default it allows permissions to be inherited from the previous State. Let’s look at the effect of this setting […]

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]]> https://www.tpm.com/blog/solidworks-pdm-workflows-tips-traps/feed/ 0 Introducing the New SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020: Performance, Speed, Control https://www.tpm.com/blog/communicating-design-intent-in-solidworks-0/ https://www.tpm.com/blog/communicating-design-intent-in-solidworks-0/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.tpm.com/communicating-design-intent-in-solidworks-0/ Mike DeKoning, TPM Technical Solutions Consultant The 2020 edition of SOLIDWORKS PDM brings some great enhancements that will ensure greater productivity for your team. Let’s look at three areas: Performance, Speed, and Control. Enhanced Performance Navigating through folders has been significantly improved by the SOLIDWORKS team in PDM 2020 by loading the data asynchronously in the background. With past versions, when you entered a folder, the system needed to load the entire file list before you could proceed. Now, the file list begins to appear before all the files are listed and this enables you to navigate to other folders […]

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