Solidworks Workgroup Pdm Installation

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WPDMSolidWorks Workgroup PDM

SolidWorks Workgroup PDM is a production-proven product data management solution that is uniquely suited

to the requirements of SolidWorks engineering workgroups. Easy to set up and use, SolidWorks Workgroup

PDM allows your design team to control CAD file revisions and manage all project data more efficiently.

Workgroup PDM system is illustrated as follows:

A computer can contain only one Vault.

The Vault directory cannot be a hidden or read-only directory.

As a client/server application, Workgroup PDM performance depends on a robust network.

If your users maintain a large number of documents, performance is improved if you create more projects or

subprojects with fewer documents per project instead of keeping the documents in a smaller number of projectswith more documents per project.

WPDMInstalling SolidWorks 2013 Workgroup PDM Server

The SolidWorks Workgroup PDM server installation is included in the SolidWorks Installation Manager that is

used for installing SolidWorks. The Installation Manager can be launched from your SolidWorks Installation

DVD or from a downloaded service pack.

Once the Installation Manager starts, on the Welcome Screen, you can select SolidWorks Workgroup PDM

Server under Server Products.


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With SolidWorks Workgroup PDM 2013, a Validation Code required in order to install the server (earlier

versions Workgroup do not require a validation code).


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Enter you serial number and your e-mail and then click Get Code. If Validate Automatically fails, then try the

email option.


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Your Validation code will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you used the e-mail option, you would then

enter the validation code, sent to you, in the text box.

Click on Back to Summary and continue with the installation by selecting Install Now.

Workgroup PDM VaultAdmin Administration

By default, the SolidWorks Workgroup PDM VaultAdmin is not installed during the installation of SolidWorks

In this article we will look at how to include the VaultAdmin during the original installation of SolidWorks or

adding it at a later time.

During the installation of the SolidWorks client, the VaultAdmin can be included in the installation from theProduct Selection menu. This menu is part of the SolidWorks Installation Manager.

At a later time the VaultAdmin can be added by modifying your SolidWorks Installation as follows:

Select Uninstall a program from the Windows Control Panel

Right click on the SolidWorks Installation and choose Change.


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Once the Installation Manger starts, click on next until you arrive at the Product Selection menu and select the

VaultAdmin as illustrated earlier.

After Workgroup PDM is installed, vault administrators should perform these tasks.

Initial Login to Workgroup PDM VaultAdmin

When you first login to Workgroup PDM VaultAdmin, specify the Workgroup PDM administrator name and

password, and the name of the computer hosting the Workgroup PDM Vault.

In Windows, click Start > All Programs > SolidWorks version > Workgroup PDM VaultAdmin.

In the dialog box, enter this information:Name: pdmwadmin

Password: pdmwadmin

Vault computer: The host name of the computer where the vault is installed. If you run the VaultAdmin on thecomputer where the vault is installed, type localhost.

Click Login.

Workgroup PDM Client Access

Workgroup PDM clients use Microsoft Windows login access control, have Web access through the Workgroup

PDM Viewer, and are updated automatically whenever the Workgroup PDM Vault has been updated.

To log in as a Workgroup PDM client: Client user names and passwords are not the same in Workgroup PDM

as for Microsoft Windows login. Contact your system administrator for login information.

To connect to the Workgroup PDM Viewer: Contact your system administrator for the URL to connect to the

Viewer.

To update the Workgroup PDM clients: The Workgroup PDM clients (SolidWorks add-in and Contributor)

detect when the Vault has been updated. You do not need to download a service pack to update clients.

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