Getting Started

Developing SOLIDWORKS PDM add-ins can be a dauting process and doing it efficiently is even more difficult endaveor.

Following this guide is the easiest way to start writing SOLIDWORKS PDM add-ins with PDMSDK.

Requirements

You will need the following requestes to start writing code:

• Windows 7 or newer.
• SOLIDWORKS PDM client 2011 with a local view.
• A PDM user account with the right permissions. See below.
• Visual Studio.
• Elevated Windows admin privilges to run Visual Studio as an admin.
• Access to the command prompt to run some basic Windows commands.

PDM Permissions

Your PDM user have the following permissions:

• Be able to edit add-ins
• Workflow, file and folder permissions