5 Replies Latest reply on Jan 26, 2007 1:02 PM by Joy Garon

    Which PDMWorks to get?

    Mike Sveda
    Mike Sveda Jan 23, 2007 2:02 PM
      We are looking at getting PDM Works. Not sure which to get, thebasic version or the enterprise version.  Our VATR is pushingthe Enterprise. I am not sure if we need the mercedes version.

      What is the difference in price?

      Is the basic version too limiting? We want to manage multipleprojects with files sharing between engineers and track revisions.
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        • Which PDMWorks to get?
          Kenneth Barrentine
          Kenneth Barrentine Jan 23, 2007 2:52 PM (in response to Mike Sveda)
          difference in price per seat $795
          maintenance is $495 /year
          training $$
          implementation $$$

          plus several other odds and ends which overall equals a sizable chunk of change ($30k) for 6 users.

          PDMW is $1,000 per seat.
          minimal or no training.
          easy to install & setup.
          PDMW is part of Office Pro and Office Premium.

          for your simple description of what you need then a simple solution should work.
            • Which PDMWorks to get?
              Mike Sveda
              Mike Sveda Jan 23, 2007 4:48 PM (in response to Kenneth Barrentine)
              We're going to see what it will cost to upgrade out licenses tooffice premium and some stand-alone seats for non-cad users toview/print.
                • Which PDMWorks to get?
                  1-5MPX2J Jan 24, 2007 8:05 AM (in response to Mike Sveda)
                  Our VAR also pushed for the enterprise edition, I personally started to look at PDMW and found everything I needed! Easy setup, easy to use and the ability to control revisions and pull out old revisions are great!

                  If you have Office Pro or Premium you should give it a go!
                    • Which PDMWorks to get?
                      1-71SUYO Jan 25, 2007 11:11 AM (in response to 1-5MPX2J)
                      Hi Mike
                      For what I've understand, PDMW enterprise is more for society withmultiple locations (one unit in USA, one unit in Europe, andso on).
                        • Which PDMWorks to get?
                          Joy Garon
                          Joy Garon Jan 26, 2007 1:02 PM (in response to 1-71SUYO)
                          Folks -

                          I recommend that you look at the SolidWorks website and view the videos.
                          You need Enterprise if:
                          1. you have more than 10 users working collaboratively (as a general rule)
                          2. you want geographically dispersed teams to work from a common vault across a WAN (replication)
                          3. you want to automatic document approval processes (workflow)
                          4. you want to run on an SQL database so that you can connect to other business systems via database tables

                          Regards,
                          Joy