Built for SOLIDWORKS® & SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional ·

Features

Every PDMPublisher feature, explained.

Twenty capabilities across publishing, document tools, BOMs, ERP and the PDM vault. Each one links to a detailed article with screenshots, setup steps and the documentation behind it.

Publishing

Shared by the SOLIDWORKS add-in and the PDM Task

Everything that turns parts, assemblies and drawings into a release package. Available in both products.

SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Publish part documents

STEP, IGES, Parasolid, STL, 3D PDF, eDrawings and more from a single part.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Publish assemblies and references

Top level and every reference, filtered by conditions, in one run.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Publish drawings

PDF, DWG, DXF and eDrawings with sheet selection and patterns.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Merge drawings into one PDF

One master PDF for the whole assembly.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Table of contents in merged PDFs

A generated index page with the columns you choose.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Bookmarks in exported PDFs

A clickable bookmark tree built from a pattern.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Watermarks, property values and QR codes

Stamp every published sheet without touching the source.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Conditional assembly processing

Nested AND/OR rules decide what gets published.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Sheet-metal flat patterns to DXF

1:1 flat patterns with bend lines, per body if needed.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Extension-specific export locations

Each format to its own folder.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

The Annotations editor

Every control of the editor, the placeholder menu and how notes land on the PDF.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

The Conditions editor

Variables, comparisons, groups and the review dialog, control by control.

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SOLIDWORKS + PDM

Publishing results and logs

Reading the results window, skip reasons, the Logs command and task-side logs.

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Not sure which product you need?

The add-in runs inside SOLIDWORKS and is free to start. The task runs inside your PDM Professional vault and is licensed per vault. Both share the same publishing engine.