SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API

SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional (formerly SOLIDWORKS EPDM) is Product Data Management system allowing to manage the life cycle of CAD documents.

Main feature include:

• Centralized vault for securing data files
• Data card for managing metadata
• Workflows management
• User access management
• Bill of materials management
• Concurrent file access management
• Integration with SOLIDWORKS and other CAD systems, such as AutoCAD, Solid Edge, ProE etc.

SOLIDWORKS PDM is a highly configurable system which can be customized for a specific business process.

SOLIDWORKS PDM API enables an access to a large number of API interfaces providing the possibility to extend the PDM functionality. This includes, but not limited to:

• Creating automation tasks add-ins with an ability to execute on a remote server
• Creating serial number add-ins
• Handling various events via SOLIDWORKS PDM hooks: file check in/check out, workflow change, etc.
• Extending the menus and toolbars

This section contains tutorials, code examples and snippets for the most common SOLIDWORKS PDM API functionality.