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<\/p>\nWelcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide.<\/p>\n
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We all impatiently wait for the availability of the SOLIDWORKS World 2017 proceedings. Meanwhile, I thought I\u2019d list all the breakout sessions, 25 in total<\/strong>, your SOLIDWORKS Support team offered during the event. Take it as an illustration of the team\u2019s dedication to spread the knowledge, share our experience and tips, and ultimately help you become better at your job.<\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS PDM<\/strong><\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS MBD<\/strong><\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS PCB<\/strong><\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS Simulation<\/strong><\/p>\n DraftSight<\/strong><\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS Electrical<\/strong><\/p>\n 3DEXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When the SOLIDWORKS World 2017 proceedings are available, be sure to look up the above presentations and watch the videos. In addition to the above breakout sessions, your SOLIDWORKS Support team also gave out the following hands-on sessions. Those were not recorded, so they won\u2019t appear in the proceedings.<\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard\u00a0is a data management solution for smaller workgroup environments in a single location. \u00a0Included in SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium packages, SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard eliminates the overhead of managing SOLIDWORKS and DraftSight data on local and shared network drives.<\/em><\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard is based on the same technology as SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM (renamed SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional). SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard provides a much simpler upgrade path to SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional as your company outgrows the functions of SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard.<\/p>\n Note:<\/p>\n There will not be an updated version of SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM available with the release of the 2018 products and that the future releases of SOLIDWORKS will not support running a version 2017 SOLIDWORKS\u00a0Workgroup PDM installation with any 2018 or newer version.<\/p>\n Should you have any question, please contact your SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller (VAR)<\/a> for assistance. You may also watch the \u201cData Migration from Workgroup PDM to SOLIDWORKS PDM\u201d presentation from the\u00a0SOLIDWORKS World 2017 proceedings when they are available.<\/p>\n\n
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SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM replaced with SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard<\/h1>\n
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In the summer of 2015 SOLIDWORKS communicated its plans for the End of Life for SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM. <\/a>Its last release comes as part of SOLIDWORKS 2017 Professional and Premium.\u00a0 If you wish to use a Data Management product that is included with\u00a0SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium, consider SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\nSimulation Step-Up Series<\/h1>\n