PDM Addons

SOLIDEXPERT has prepared a tool that can help companies migrate data from old to new PDM vaults and significantly speed up and simplify this process. The tool called PDM Migrator is a standalone application that should be run in an environment with access to both vaults. All settings are saved in the configuration file. The tool was built in accordance with SOLIDWORKS recommendations, and all data writing operations are performed using the PDM and SOLIDWORKS APIs.

PDM Migrator allows you to choose the appropriate options depending on the specific requirements of the migration process and the final goal we want to achieve.  During the development of this solution, one important assumption was made: migration is performed on the latest versions of files. Therefore, there is no file history or references to specific versions. This limitation had to be implemented, otherwise the migration would amount to cloning the old vault with all its problems into the new environment.

Neglecting to clean the PDM bin has negative consequences such as performance degradation and unnecessary space consumption on the archive server. Frequent, intensive cleaning can be CPU and SQL demanding, requiring overnight or weekend operations. PDM File Destroyer eliminates these problems by providing automatic, efficient and thorough cleaning of the PDM bin, complete with logging of deleted files and directories. Thanks to this, you can avoid performance degradation, optimal use of archive space and ensure uninterrupted work of users.

The addon was created to collect technical documentation files such as PDF, DWG (possibility to search for 10 types of formats) related to SOLIDWORKS files in the PDM system. Its purpose is to speed up the process of gathering the finished documentation together and copying it to a selected folder or compressing it directly to a .zip file.

The addon is aimed at engineers, constructors, designers, technical consultants, traders and others who need to collect documentation (flat and not only) from the entire project in a few steps.