New this year is a dedicated PDM tab
for the Command Manager,
allowing you to easily access
command commands.
The Get command now provides
more information
with the addition of the revision column,
and you now have the ability
to check out the components
you want to work
on, streamlining the overall workflow.
This version of the design included
the addition of the wire harness
with all of its components.
New in 2025
is the ability to browse
to the selected item in a new window,
making it easier to access
common views like the computed BOM
where the bill of material order
now follows the assembly
feature tree, reducing confusion
with this assembly checked out.
Let's finish the design
by adding all the plastic covers.
And checking the design
in with a simple comment.
You may have
noticed that this is simply
was opened in lightweight mode.
Common commands such as change state
and now available, allowing users
to take full advantage of PDM capabilities
without having to fully resolve.
Finally, the task pane toolbars have been
completely redesigned,
allowing for more commands to be accessed.
You can customize the toolbar
by adding or removing
commands that you don't want.
In Windows
Explorer, the SolidWorks last open
time is now a system variable
and can now be displayed as a column,
providing
valuable insight into your files.
When accessing the complete search.
You now have the ability to control
where the preview is located, allowing you
to customize your environment.
When previewing your designs, the area
to transition
to the full drawings preview is now
much larger and discoverable.
Latest revision is
now a system variable
that's available in a number of locations,
including the version tab, providing
better visibility to the latest revision
and new this year is the ability to easily
get the latest revision
or a specific revision of your design.
Let's search for the top level design.
The bill of materials
now allows you to view a flattened version
of the computed BOM providing quantity
rollups across parts and subassemblies,
and the bill of materials
can now be exported, with thumbnails
providing much better clarity to the BOM
For administrators.
You can now access the log information
for when users log in
and when they've logged out.
The log contains valuable information
for the date application,
including desktop,
web two, com API, and web API,
machine address and user.
And finally, administrators
can define default view settings
for the computed bomb
and then deploy them to all users.
