SOLIDWORKS PDM Local View Basics and Troubleshooting What Is a SOLIDWORKS PDM Local View? Your SOLIDWORKS PDM Local Vault View is an application mechanic that acts as a “gateway” to accessing your vault and its files. After you install SOLIDWORKS PDM, you still need to setup a Vault View in order to access your vault(s). One thing to note is that you do need to install local views for each vault on your server. This is because you control each […]
3DEXPERIENCE FD05 – Top 5 Enhancements
Top 5 in 3DEXPERIENCE FD05 On March 14th, Dassault Systemes released 3DEXPERIENCE FD05. Since then, we’ve been working and putting it through its paces. Today, I want to run through our picks on the technical team for the top 5 changes and enhancements that we think you, the SOLIDWORKS userbase, will love. Product Architect FD05 brings about the ability to manage and link specifications to your CAD models within the widget. Best of all, it’s just a drag and drop. […]
Issue Management on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. We’re getting ready to release our new drone design. We gave it new propellers, improved the design of the body, and installed a better battery. Things are going great, but we’ve got a few issues to fix. I put a comment on the markup and shoot the engineer an email to request the changes. After a week, it doesn’t look like anything’s changed. When I ask what’s going on, my engineer tells […]
Collaborative Industry Innovator – 3DEXPERIENCE
3DEXPERIENCE – Collaborative Industry Innovator The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is an innovative cloud solution that grows with you. It’s governed by roles and apps. Additionally, each additional role gives you access to several apps. Therefore, purchasing additional roles adds more capability to your system. Of course, like any other data management system, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform has its base requirements. Last time we spoke, we talked about one of the basic roles on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, the Collaborative Business Innovator Role. This […]
InPOD Message Board
Have you ever wanted to share your thoughts on the best up-and-coming podcast ever? Maybe you want to suggest topics that you want to learn more about? Well, now you can! I’ve been hosting InFlow’s new podcast, InPOD for the past few months and the feedback has been fantastic. But I want to hear from all of you! That’s why I’m creating this post as a the official InPOD Message Board. Here, you can comment and leave your thoughts, opinions, […]
Formatting Text with DriveWorks
Pop quiz: Jenny just gave you her phone number, which way is easier to read? (555) 867-5309 or 5558675309? If you want any way of remembering this, you probably said the first option (or just remembered the song). So how does this work with DriveWorks? You probably don’t need an easy way of remembering numbers, but ERP systems need properly formatted data. I’ve written before about how DriveWorks can integrate with other systems. So today, let’s talk about formatting text […]
Copy Tree and Move Tree: SOLIDWORKS PDM
What Does This Do? Copy Tree vs Move Tree Welcome to part 3 of our “What Does This Do?” series. Last week, we covered Branch and Merge and how to use those tools. This week, we’re going to take a look at another feature named for trees, Copy Tree and Move Tree. These two tools are pretty self-explanatory for their purpose. One makes a copy and one moves the files. However, I want to talk about some of the features […]
Branch and Merge: SOLIDWORKS PDM
Last week, we covered the first topic in our “What does this do?” series – Delete versus Destroy. This week, let’s tackle another function that you might not be familiar with – Branch and Merge. The Branch and Merge features came out a few years back and to say it’s a game changer is an understatement. Anybody that has ever done prototyping can attest to that. The SOLIDWORKS PDM Branch and Merge features make it quick and easy to test […]
Delete or Destroy: SOLIDWORKS PDM
There’s a commercial that used to play all the time. It wasn’t long ago, probably within the past year. The essence of the commercial is that you wouldn’t take your child on a space mission with you because he/she will just click every button. Can you imagine the never ending question, “what does this do?” Well when people start using SOLIDWORKS PDM for the first time, that tends to be the first question our of their mouth. This week, we’re […]
Everything You Need to Know: DriveWorks Solo
Last week, we posted the first part of this series, Everything You Need to Know: DriveWorksXpress. This week, we’re tackling part two of the series, Everything You Need to Know: DriveWorks Solo. DriveWorks Solo is the second level of DriveWorks licensing. The tool builds on the functionality of DriveWorksXpress by enhancing your drawing control, expanding your rules portfolio with tables, and so much more. Like DriveWorksXpress, you access DriveWorks Solo from SOLIDWORKS. What Is DriveWorks Solo? DriveWorks Solo is design […]
