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 Parent topicIntroducing SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard