Note: When you set the Client Options make sure you check on the DraftSight add-in as in the image below. Learn how to et PDM installed on your system in the video below. If DraftSight is installed on a system that already has a SOLIDWORKS PDM client installation, you might have to modify the client installation to add the DraftSight add-in. The add-in registers automatically if DraftSight is present when installed. The add-in is included with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2016 (Standard and Professional edition) or later version client installation. How to add SOLIDWORKS PDM into your DraftSight tool DraftSight Free is also no longer available and would not support the PDM add-in.

You cannot load the add-in in the DraftSight Standard edition because there is no API support for that version. The add-in installation requires a license for one of these DraftSight editions.

Access PDM functions from the DraftSight command line.

Get the latest versions or previous versions of files and Xrefs.

Check out and check in files and Xrefs to the file vault.

The add-in consists of a dropdown menu, two toolbars, and a status window that you can activate to carry out such commands as: This add-in allows a user to perform file vault operations from within the DraftSight application. The DraftSight for SOLIDWORKS PDM add-in is a connector for DraftSight Professional, Premium, and Enterprise. What is the SOLIDWORKS PDM Add-in for DraftSight

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