{"id":25143,"date":"2017-06-05T07:40:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T07:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=15783"},"modified":"2017-06-05T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T07:40:44","slug":"create-virtual-documents-solidworks-pdm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/create-virtual-documents-solidworks-pdm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create virtual documents in SOLIDWORKS PDM."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous blog, we have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/pdm-bom-management\/\" style=\"color: #bf2419\"><strong>the capability of SOLIDWORKS PDM in handling the assembly BOM,<\/strong><\/a> now will have a look on the Virtual documents.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual Document! First let\u2019s see What is a virtual document?<\/p>\n<p>A document representing the information of the project, without actual source available can be termed<br \/>\nas a virtual document. Example could be a printed drawing, without having a source copy of file can be<br \/>\nconsidered, too be a virtual document in PDM system.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s see how to create virtual document in SOLIDWORKS PDM.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 1:<\/u><\/strong> Right mouse click on the free space and browse for New option, browse to virtual document and select the same.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"15766\"  src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/10.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15766\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 2:<\/u><\/strong> Enter the name of the document, extension of the file to be maintained in the vault. e.g. if wehad to attach a legacy drawing to the project we can create a virtual document with extension of.pdf.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"15760\"  src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"380\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15760\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 3:<\/u><\/strong> Right click on the file and check in the file to the vault. Once file is added to the vault you can make a note of the file type and workflow state of the file.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"15761\"  src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"900\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15761\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 4:<\/u><\/strong> Copy new virtual document created and paste the document as reference (using option paste as reference) to any SOLIDWORKS assembly file (Note-assembly file must be checked out, before attaching the reference files) and observe whether the relation is created between the assembly file and virtual document during checking in file into vault.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"15756\"  src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15756\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 5:<\/u><\/strong> Verify whether there is a relation created between assembly file and virtual document, by ensuring that the virtual document is listed down in the BOM column.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"15757\"  src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15757\" \/><br \/>\nHope you find this blog useful, In my next blog we will see how we can replace the virtual document with the original source file in SOLIDWORKS PDM. 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