File creation is straightforward. In SolidWorks PDM standard. So let's look at how we can save files into our PDM vault and create drawings from SolidWorks parts using the PDM. Add in for SolidWorks. So we have this component open inside of SolidWorks. We have some metadata associated with this, and we want to save this into our PDM vault. On the right hand side, the PDM tab is a task pane. Gives us feedback about the file that we've got open. And we can see that this file is currently stored outside of the PDF file vault. We'll go ahead and save this into PDM. Now how we do this is by browsing to our local vault view. We can log in, enter our username and password. And it will then give us certain access rights as to what we can and can't do within SolidWorks, PDM and also what files or folders we can and can't see. We can go ahead now and browse into PDM, select the folder where we want to store this file, and go ahead and save this file into the PDM system. Once we do that, it will present us with the file card which contains metadata associated with this component. And these file cards can be customized to show whatever information you want or need when you're storing data. In SolidWorks, PDM. All the information stored on the file cards can be searched for inside of PDM. So we'll go ahead and select okay to that. And now create a drawing from this component. We'll select the template we want to use. And we can then drag and drop some views onto this drawing file. And once we're happy with that we'll go ahead and save this into PDM. Once we hit save, it will save by default the file into the same location as the part file with the same name, and it will also populate the drawing file card with the same information from the parts file card. So we're not having to input the same information and waste time adding metadata to the drawing file when it's already stored on the part file. We can select okay on this now, and if we want to go ahead and change the metadata associated with this component. So rather than using the property builder or to go through the properties inside SolidWorks, we can actually do this easily from within the SolidWorks task pane via the PDM add in and click Show Properties, which will present us with the data card. We can then use a centralized list to read from for the finish, so we don't have various variations of the finish being input. That gives us consistency over what we use, the finish and description and things like that. We will give this an anodized finish, select okay on it, and then when we come back to the drawing file and save it, the drawing file will update with the same metadata as on the part file. We also have this revision block that is capturing and cascading revisions. And this is controlled within the PDM workflow. So very easily we can control the metadata on a drawing file. And we're not duplicating information. It's refreshing with each update. So we don't have to update metadata in multiple locations. Once we're happy with these changes that we've made, we can then check these files into PDM. And on checking we can add a comment and make these comments mandatory, which builds up our audit trail. We'll add a comment in here that we've added a new file, and if we're still working on them, we can keep them checked out and maintain our access rights. Otherwise, when we check the file in, the file will then enter an electronic workflow. It will then change the status of the file to read only because we don't have the files checked out to work on, and we get the feedback within the SolidWorks task pane as well. So we can see the state the file is in and whether the file has a revision. So if somebody comes along and wants to work on this, they can only open it as read. Only then they can see who is working on the file. As the file is checked out under their name.