erkuehe
04-09-2020, 01:00 PM
So with Solidworks no longer including Solidworks Explorer I've talked to Cory Puuri (who is super helpful) to determine what the replacement is. It turns out they are now including PDM Professional although it is not installed by default. I've used it professionally for years but always had IT support. I'm trying to install it now but need to create and archive server on my PC. The manuals are, shall we say, not that clear. Probably because they're expecting IT people to be their audience. I'm hoping that one or some of you have been down this road and might be able to offer suggestions on creating server. As far as I've gotten is trying to enter the name of my computer which I found but when I tried to enter it in the archive server field it said it couldn't find it. Any help here would be appreciated. I like working in vaults for a variety of reasons but for my home use SWx Explorer has pretty much gotten the job done for so if you know a way to get it that would work as well. That said when I installed PDM the installation manager had a check box for SWx Explorer which I did check but got nothing it may be that the installation manager hasn't caught up with the product offering.