Out of the box, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional can do almost anything to cover your typical data management needs. But sometimes, your needs are anything but typical. Fortunately, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional offers an API and through it, you can extend the capabilities of your PDM system.
That's where GoExpress comes into play.
GoExpress is a PDM Professional automation framework add-in. It includes an administration console for configuring a variety of custom functions within SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional. The user interface is organized so that GoEngineer's experienced PDM experts can extend PDM's out-of-the-box functionality for you without our developers having to write unique, custom code for each requirement. This makes your deployment more scaleable and easy to modify in the future if needed.
Instead of relying on the out-of-the-box PDM Convert task to create individual PDFs of your drawings, GoExpress can create an entire job packet. Multiple drawings can be merged into a single packet and saved outside of the vault for external users to access. Additionally, you can add watermarks and create the complete job packet for an assembly with a simple right-mouse click or during a workflow transition.
Your ERP system is built to house information about your models. That could be information about vendors, notes from suppliers, a bill of materials, or any number of other details. Whether you're looking to sync information about products between PDM and ERP or are looking for a BOM export tool, manually passing the information from ERP to SOLIDWORKS PDM is tedious and error-prone. By automating the process with GoExpress, you can remove a manual step from your process and ensure information is shared accurately and on time.
Amongst the most valuable assets SOLIDWORKS PDM provides is robust reference management. When you create a new document, you may wish to include a reference to an external piece of information. Traditionally, you would use "Paste as Reference" and add these references one at a time. With GoExpress, you can quickly add full assembly references to any document with ease.
SOLIDWORKS PDM templates are an easy way to create an engineering change request with all the relevant information. The most time-consuming portion of creating an EC is attaching references. With GoExpress from GoEngineer, you can quickly attach your CAD references without the tedious "paste as reference process". This means you'll have more comprehensive ECs and you can make them faster than ever before.
When PDM Standard replaced Workgroup PDM in 2017, GoEngineer went to work on creating a tool to quickly help users get out of Workgroup and into a new system. As a result, we've developed an easy-to-use utility that lets you export the latest version of your Workgroup PDM vault to a standalone Windows folder with just a few clicks.
This tool is perfect for extracting legacy data, but there is one caveat. The Workgroup PDM Export Tool only allows you to export the latest version of the files in the vault. To include history, you will need to talk with our team about a Workgroup PDM migration .