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Flowchart: Begin → Check in → Exit PDMShell → Add a new action (dashed line) on the right.

Automate Weekly SOLIDWORKS PDM Check-Ins with PDMShell and Windows Task Scheduler

This article explains how to use PDMShell with Windows Task Scheduler to automatically check in files from a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault folder on a weekly schedule. PDMShell is a command-line tool for SOLIDWORKS PDM that allows administrator to run PDM

SOLIDWORKS Add-Ins dialog with a highlighted ScanTo3D entry and OK/Cancel buttons.

SOLIDWORKS Task Pane Icons: Fixing Transparency Issues

When creating a SOLIDWORKS task pane, the SOLIDWORKS API documentation says that icon transparency can be handled by using a specific background color. For CreateTaskpaneView3, the documentation explains that task pane bitmap images should use a 256-color palette, and that

SOLIDWORKS API Memory Access Violations Caused by GDI Object Count and Unreleased COM Objects

When building long-running SOLIDWORKS API tools, crashes are not always caused by high RAM usage. One of the most common causes of instability is excessive GDI object usage combined with unreleased COM objects. This often appears during batch automation jobs

How to Safely Delete a Vault in SOLIDWORKS PDM (Step-by-Step)

Deleting a vault in SOLIDWORKS PDM is a destructive and irreversible operation. It removes the vault definition from the archive server and permanently deletes the associated database. This post walks through the correct order of operations, common prompts you’ll see,

PDMShell BOM Command

Automating Bill of Materials Extraction in SOLIDWORKS PDM Using the PDMShell BOM Command

Ride of the Valkyries Alert 🎼 — Don’t listen if you don’t enjoy Wagner. When you are managing complex assemblies inside SOLIDWORKS PDM, generating a bill of materials (BOM) is a routine task, but i’s also one of the most

PowerShell PDMShell Search Command and Screenshot showing a split view of SOLIDWORKS PDM tools in dark mode. On the left is a PDMSHELL (PDMShell 3.0.6.0) console window with a completed search command highlighted in red: search --search "Name=%.sldprt;Recursive=true;@Document Number=143" The results show two files found: membrane.sldprt EdmObject_File On the right is the regular SOLIDWORKS PDM Explorer window open to a “Speaker” folder. The same file “membrane.sldprt” is selected (highlighted with a red border). Its data card in the lower pane shows: Document Number: 000143 (highlighted in red) Description: 1” 3 Material: Revision: A-01 The image demonstrates using PDMSHELL to quickly search the vault for all part files that have Document Number 143, instantly locating and highlighting the matching file “membrane.sldprt” in the vault.

PowerShell PDMShell Search Command: Complete Guide for SOLIDWORKS PDM Administrators

PDMShell gives SOLIDWORKS PDM administrators the ability to run precise, scriptable, and automated operations across large sets of files, and the PowerShell PDMShell search command is at the center of that capability. One of its most powerful features is the

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