Introduction:

  As You All Know SOLIDWORKS PDM is a Data Management Solution where You Can Secure/Organize/Manage You Data (CAD & Non-CAD). In this Blog We go through the Reference Management Tools Available in PDM.

Creating Reference Between CAD & Non-CAD:

Feature Name: Copy & Paste as Reference

Scenario: An Excel & Word File Needs to Referenced with SOLIDWORKS Assembly File 

Benefits of Contains & Where used:

                        Contains & Where Used Tab are used to See & Verify the References Between Parent & Child Components

Contains	Where used
A Parent File that Contains Child Components	A Child Component Where It Was Used So Far

Let’s See Contains & Where Used Tab Result for Our Example 

Contains Tab | Before Referencing 

Where Used Tab | Before & After

Conclusion:

                   Thus Copy & Paste as Reference, Contains & Where Used Tab Make User Life Easy to Create Reference Between CAD & Non-CAD as well Reviewing them.

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