SolidWorks PDM Reviews & Product Details

The level of customization used to develop workflow tools with CAD and non CAD with drawing ,assembling and animation units for project data management is appealing to me.With Standardiztion,We can manage our file reference and parent-child tracking for renamed files.Backtracing and porting of previous design from another team mate's Design file is very easy to access in PDM design tool.The drawing in the Solidwork PDM board can also seen by outside work deviosion for review the current level of development.Implementation is quite easy with proffessional pckeges.Customer support for purchased new version of Solidwork PDM tool is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The filename space with same text in Solidwork PDM porting is not accesible.In Some development dialogboxes,copying and changing the new design element with same name is a mazor hazard..Improvements are required for desktop power consumption and high assembly unit usage.it can occasionally be vulnerable to security breaches.Integration with older version of SQL software is quite hactic.Sometime it will crash while drawing and saving larger size files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Electronic workflows that are customizable, support for a variety of file types, and an extremely user-friendly Windows Explorer user interface. Users that use predefined folder structures can store data in an organised and tidier manner. Additional benefits include revision history, granular management, and user and group-customizable access provisioning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Task conversations are time-consuming. Occasionally, it fails for arbitrary reasons, such as the user shutting down the machine before the process is finished or logging off of PDM. It might be difficult to grant authorization to new users without inviting them to join the group or obtaining approval from existing members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customizable electronic Workflows and multiple file type support with very user friendly windows explorer user interface. Predefined folder structures helps users to have clean and systematic data storage. Revision history, granular control along with customizable access provision to users and groups is added advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Task conversation takes time. sometimes it fails due to some random reasons like user log off from pdm or shutdown the system before task completion. Permission assignment to new users without adding into the group

or coping permission from other users becomes challenging sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is the best way possible to manage design files and projects. It's also very easy to coordinate with other team members who work on same projects. It's also very helpful to backtrack your previous designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can't have same file name in entire PDM. Even though you are using same name in different folder or in different project, it won't allow the same file name. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Keeps our flies organized and handles all revisions properly , this has cleaned up our file system. Searching for parts is also made easy with the quick search feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From time to time files arn't checked back into vault , so they arn't avalible to the users... same user that checks them out has to check them back in on the same computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SolidWorks PDM is an excellent solution for the effortless management of CAD files. Its interface is streamlined and intuitive, ensuring ease of use. Solidworks PDM is stable software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With big projects, it is not as smooth as it could be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Solidworks PDM is used for managing engineering data. It supports multiple software data like autocad, solidworks, etc. It also helps higher management to keep track of the whole project and engineering design cycle.

It is easy to use as well as the learning curve is quite short. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is being removed from solidworks and it is a bit hard to setup a new work flow without disturbing the existing one. Finding the root cause of bugs is way too hard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most impactful part of this software is the ability of our cross-functional and international engineering team to collaborate in real-time on a large engineering model for a world-class invention. This type of collaboration used to take hours per week in data management and manual updating of the drawings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When searching for files I have to start at the beginning each time. Once I exit a folder and try to access another folder that folder doesn't show its contents. The folder is empty. I have to start at the beginning of EPDM and then the files will show up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Solid works PDM is fully integrated to the solid works app which makes very easy the workflow for accessing or saving files, even when you are working on individual parts or big assemblies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Solid works PDM might be a little bit slow depending on the internet connection and the size of the file that you are trying to store in the vault. It also takes a big amount of processing resources from the PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like solidworks itself the PDM environment is well tailored, The simplified user interface, proper data search and share capabilities, setting up user permissions which is smooth as butter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much to dislike as I'm not an advanced user and there are features yes to be learned Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.