- [Narrator] When deciding what version
of Solidworks PDM is appropriate for your business,
there are few things to consider.
When starting with Solidworks PDM Standard,
you always have the ability to upgrade later
to Solidworks PDM Pro.
This is a pretty simple process that goes through
the Solidworks installation manager
and activation wizard,
and can be done pretty stress-free.
But, if you start with Solidworks PDM Professional,
it is not advertised that you can then downgrade it
to Solidworks Standard.
Solidworks does not endorse downgrading,
but it is possible and can be done in extreme situations.
I personally have worked with a Solidworks
application engineer team at my local reseller
to develop a method to do this.
I will say though, it is not for the faint of heart.
Mistakes can arise very easily
and you are taking a risk that you'll damage
the vaults that you've created
in Solidworks PDM Professional.
So if you're not sure which software package is going to
be more appropriate for you or your budget in the long term,
start with Solidworks PDM Standard,
and then upgrade once you've found
that you desire the other functionality of
the full Solidworks PDM Pro suite.
Now when following through this video series,
I'd like everyone to note that we're going to start
by going through the process
to install Solidworks PDM Standard
on both the server and the client machine.
But at some point in this process,
I'm going to do some modifications
and then upgrade it to professional.
So, if you find yourself jumping from video to video
this might cause some confusion,
but if you step through the setup information videos,
from beginning to end, it'll be quite clear.