Advanced Tutorials
Hints & Tips: Product Data Management (PDM)
Quick Search enables fast, conditional searches across file names and variables, with admins able to expand searchable fields. Multi‑variable search cards simplify shop‑floor queries. Custom columns in Where Used, Contains and Copy Tree improve clarity. Settings ensure drawings move state with models, and eDrawings preview tools allow configuration viewing, measuring and version comparison. Users can compare BOM versions, geometry revisions, and open parent assemblies quickly. Menu customisation, folder pinning, standard‑parts libraries and Copy Tree rules streamline workflows. Folder variables can update many files at once. Branch and Merge supports design iterations, engineering changes and controlled supplier collaboration.