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About SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

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About SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional is the name of the product previously called SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. It is available as a separately purchased product.

This table shows differences between SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional:

Functionality	SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard	SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional
SOLIDWORKS add-in
eDrawings Professional
DraftSight add-in
Microsoft Office add-in
AutoCAD add-in
Inventor add-in
CAD Editor client
Contributor client
Viewer client
Multiple workflows	Limited to 1
Workflow States	Limited to 10
Parallel Approvals
Offline mode
Transition actions	(Limited)
eDrawings preview
Multi-document preview
External Viewer Integration
Templates
Serial Numbers
Content search (indexing)
Integrated search tool
Dedicated search tool
Search favorites
Active directory and LDAP login
Notifications - PDM inbox (database)
Notifications - email (SMTP)
SQL Server Express support
SQL Standard support
Automated tasks
Automated data import/export
API
Custom add-in support
Dispatch
Item support
Web client
Multi-site replication
Report generator
Revision schemes	Limited to 2
File categories
Version labels
Copy Tree
Move Tree
Named Bill of Materials
Custom references
Menu and toolbar customization
Version free variables
Pro/E Connector
Solid Edge File Support

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