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SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM and SOLIDWORKS Explorer

Welcome to Workgroup PDM

Workgroup PDM Structure

SOLIDWORKS Workgroup Options/SOLIDWORKS Explorer Options

Updating Clients

Multi-user Environment

Troubleshooting for Clients

FAQ for Clients

Accessing Workgroup PDM

Managing Documents

Check In Document

Find and Include Associated Drawings

SOLIDWORKS Open

Get Local Copy and Open Document

Bump Document Revision

Viewing Configuration Information in SOLIDWORKS

Change Document Status

Archive Document Revisions (Client)

Comparing Vault Documents

Delete/Rollback Document

My SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Cleanup

SOLIDWORKS Open

Open documents in the SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM vault or Workgroup PDM local view with the SOLIDWORKS Open dialog box.

To open documents with the SOLIDWORKS Open command:

In SOLIDWORKS, click Open (Standard toolbar) or File > Open.
In the SOLIDWORKS Open dialog box, select a file type in Files of type.
Select My Workgroup PDM Documents or Workgroup PDM Vault in the locations sidebar.
Select options as described below, then click Open or Check Out.

Search 'SOLIDWORKS Open' in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base.

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