How to Rename SOLIDWORKS PDM Files by Removing Text After a Dash
Rename SOLIDWORKS PDM files in bulk by keeping the text before the first dash. A short PDMShell script renames through PDM and keeps history and references.
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Rename SOLIDWORKS PDM files in bulk by keeping the text before the first dash. A short PDMShell script renames through PDM and keeps history and references.
Check in every checked out file in a SOLIDWORKS PDM folder tree with one PDMShell script, skip reference errors, and schedule it to run every night.
Replace the old title block on many SOLIDWORKS drawings in SOLIDWORKS PDM: a PDMShell script checks out each drawing, swaps the sheet format and checks it back in.
Rebuild SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and drawings stored in SOLIDWORKS PDM from the right-click menu: one PDMShell script checks out, rebuilds, saves and checks in.
Step by step: create a PDMShell vault script that appears in the SOLIDWORKS PDM right-click menu, checks out a file, updates properties and checks it in.

Rename files in SOLIDWORKS PDM in bulk from a spreadsheet, with placeholders such as revision and date in the new names.