{"id":2202,"date":"2020-02-03T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Teamcenter-Blog\/SolidWorks-PDM-Made-Easy\/ba-p\/391744"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:50:00","slug":"solidworks-pdm-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/solidworks-pdm-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks PDM Made Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SolidWorks PDM can be a challenge. Do you, like many other SolidWorks users or managers, find it difficult and time-consuming to find and re-use design data? How do you assess the impact of a design change? Are you spending time updating or maintaining multiple bills of material (BOMs)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may know you need a SolidWorks data management solution, but choosing from the software options\u00a0can be difficult. You need enough capabilities to meet your needs today, but you may need more tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/trials.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenterx-cloud-plm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experience cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) PLM with the Teamcenter X free trial, an option for SolidWorks customers to get instant-on PLM!<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you get started, Teamcenter offers a flexible portfolio to fit your needs from PDM to PLM, and with Teamcenter embedded inside SolidWorks, you can access and use PDM without leaving SolidWorks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this on-demand webinar, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Unlock the Secrets to PDM for SolidWorks and Improve Engineering Productivity by 25 Percent (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/solidworks-pdm\/59136\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Unlock the Secrets to PDM for SolidWorks and Improve Engineering Productivity by 25 Percent<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, to see how your design teams can quickly search and access SolidWorks parts, assemblies and drawings to save time&nbsp;trying to find and share design information.You can eliminate unnecessary change orders by ensuring that everyone is working from the latest design information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/solidworks-pdm\/59136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM-1110x624.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/SolidWorks_PDM.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, if you want to see how Teamcenter works for SolidWorks designers, register for our SolidWorks webinar, <strong><em>\u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/webinar\/best-pdm-for-solidworks\/70998?sf119270299=1\" target=\"_blank\">Best PDM for SolidWorks Designers<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> to see a series of demonstrations that show how Teamcenter works inside the SolidWorks design environment. Learn how to save your design team time and drive up productivity by 25 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Teamcenter right inside SolidWorks, you can easily access&nbsp;functions such as search and reuse, structured workflows, change management processes, design relationships and more from within the native MCAD authoring environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/pdm-for-solidworks-at-briggs-stratton-improves-data-accuracy-reuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Learn more from Briggs &amp; Stratton about how easy it is! 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