Tips, automation ideas and news for SOLIDWORKS users and CAD administrators.
PDMShell AI writes PDMShell scripts for SOLIDWORKS PDM from plain English, using ChatGPT, Claude or Ollama. Watch the demo.
Blue Byte Systems is sponsoring the next SOLIDWORKS APIs User Group session on November 17, 2026. Marc Young and Ilan Madjar of xLM Solutions show how to query, create and update SOLIDWORKS PDM data with the Web Services API, Postman and Visual Studio. Free to attend, with a CSWA-PDM voucher giveaway.
Build a DriveWorks Specification Flow task in C# that moves generated files through your SOLIDWORKS PDM workflow as soon as they are added to the vault.
Older SOLIDWORKS files keep the legacy custom properties format until you upgrade them one by one. PDMPublisher now does it for you in every function.
Ask your SOLIDWORKS PDM vault questions in plain English. PDMShell now works with Codex, so finding files and handling busywork takes seconds.
When PLM Group shared a video showing SOLIDWORKS AI generating VBA code, it grabbed my attention. Additionally, I
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