SOLIDWORKS PDM supports the handling of references between SOLIDWORKS
files and non-SOLIDWORKS CAD data created through 3D
Interconnect.
You must add the non-SOLIDWORKS CAD
files to the vault at the beginning so that they are referred from the file vault.
SOLIDWORKS PDM recognizes the non-SOLIDWORKS CAD references during check in of the parent
SOLIDWORKS part or assembly and lists them as CAD references after check in is complete.
You do not have to create any user-defined references. The CAD references are listed in
the Contains tab, Bill of Materials tab,
Where Used tab, and in any operation that lists the reference
tree. This is true for both the parent SOLIDWORKS file and any parent non-SOLIDWORKS
file.
For example, when you check in a SOLIDWORKS assembly along with an Inventor sub-assembly
that is inserted in it, SOLIDWORKS PDM establishes PDM references between parent and its
first level of child references. This also includes references between Inventor
subassembly and its parts.
SOLIDWORKS PDM supports the following file formats through 3D
Interconnect:
| File format |
Extension |
| Autodesk® Inventor |
IPT, IAM |
| CATIA® V5 |
CATPART, CATPRODUCT |
| PTC®/CREO |
PRT, PRT., XPR, ASM, ASM.,
XAS |
| Siemens™ NX |
PRT |
| SOLID Edge® |
PAR, PSM, ASM |
This integration does not affect the behavior of a non-SOLIDWORKS CAD file
in its native application, that is when working with the file outside 3D
Interconnect.