A file in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional consists of two parts:
-
The file that is stored on the archive server.
- The metadata associated with the file, or an item, which is
stored in the SQL database.
The metadata consists of card contents, file references, permissions, workflow
states, revisions, etc. An item is all of the metadata
associated with a file. Most of the existing functions that work for files have been adjusted so that they also work for
items.
Only a few functions are specific to items.
All items and item folders are placed
under a folder named "<items>", which is located directly beneath the vault root.
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional does not show this folder in the user interface, but it is
included in the paths returned by the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API.
All items have the file extension, ".<item>". This extension in also hidden in the user interface, but
it is
returned by the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API.
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