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Product Data Management

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
PDMWorks
 

 

Engineers often have problems accessing and organizing the information they need. This leaves an unfortunate gap in their ability to manage their product data effectively.

 

Data management systems manage both attribute and documentary product data, as well as the relationships between them, through a relational database system.

Product Data Management Systems:

  • Manage what happens to the data when someone works on it
  • Manage the flow of data between people
  • Keeps track of all the events and movements that happen in steps 1 & 2 during the history of a project


Goal SolidWorks Explorer SolidWorks Workgroup PDM SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
Overview Basic personal file management Easy to use workgroup data management Easy to use enterprise data management
Team Size Single User Small Teams
(<=10)		 Large Teams
(11-100+)
Location Single user One location One or more location
Concurrent Access - Access to common projects Access to common projects
Process - - ECO/ECN