SOLIDWORKS PDM API: Data Card Add-in

Course Overview

Learn how to build a custom SOLIDWORKS PDM Data Card add-in using C# and the SOLIDWORKS PDM API. This advanced course walks you through creating a custom data card button that transfers metadata from SOLIDWORKS models into drawings, helping reduce manual work and improve data accuracy.

You’ll gain hands-on experience developing PDM add-ins from scratch, configuring your Visual Studio environment, working with core PDM API interfaces, debugging add-ins, handling PDM events, triggering logic from data card buttons, adding custom menus to File Explorer, and storing add-in settings in the vault database.

This course is designed for developers, PDM administrators, and advanced SOLIDWORKS users who want to automate PDM processes and build custom integrations inside SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional.

What You’ll Learn:

• Create a SOLIDWORKS PDM add-in using C#
• Configure Visual Studio for PDM API development
• Work with IEdmVault5, IEdmAddIn5, and command managers
• Trigger custom logic from data card buttons
• Add custom right-click menus to File Explorer
• Handle PDM events and command hooks
• Extract and write PDM metadata programmatically
• Pair SOLIDWORKS models with their related drawings
• Store and retrieve add-in settings from the vault database
• Debug PDM add-ins using multiple methods