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January 23, 2022

New for 2022! SOLIDWORKS PDM API Things You Can Do…They’re pretty cool.

The 2022 release of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API didn't bring major changes to the API itself with the exception of the PDM Web API docs. These changes however are very useful. Let's go over them in detail: 1. You can rename BOM Views You can rename BOM views with PDM…

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January 20, 2022

A Quickstart Guide with the SOLIDWORKS PDM Web API

Headups: This post is not about the PDM Web2 viewer. This feature is not available with SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard. This…

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January 5, 2022

PDMFramework – Productivity Library for SOLIDWORKS PDM

PDMFramework is a productivity library that builds on top of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API to make developing PDM add-ins faster and easier. It improves upon the PDM task interfaces and brings features such as logging, dependency injection, and more.  This is especially helpful for those who are developing custom…

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November 15, 2021

Learn how to write SOLIDWORKS PDM add-ins with PDMFramework

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5gaSZPqsbg&t=1s In which Amen demos the PDMFramework library The PDMFramework library opens up a world of new possibilities for programmers using SOLIDWORKS PDM. The framework was developed to make automations simple and quick. There is easy creation of tasks and task menus, easy cancellation, and built in debugger methods. Just…

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August 11, 2020

Must-know EPDM API errors for SOLIDWORKS add ins

PDM administration tool Below is a compiled list of the most notoriously common errors that you may encounter while deploying add-ins to a SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional vault. Proposed solutions are also listed under each error. The dll is not a COM module. This error is pretty straight-forward. The class that…

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