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SOLIDWORKS Data Migration Services

Manage your CAD data with highly-configurable SOLIDWORKS data migration services designed for SOLIDWORKS users. Build complete audit trails for your products.

Discover reliable and defined migration services that value your hard work, safeguard legacy data, and scale to suit your business' needs.

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Preparation Guide

The Value of Legacy Data

Our SOLIDWORKS Data Migration Services

Alongside providing historical insights and support for regulatory compliance, legacy data is a valuable resource for future strategic decision-making.

Our Data Migration Services may be provided to both new and existing SOLIDWORKS PDM users, offering refined service levels and tools developed by our own in-house experts to ensure an efficient and secure data migration.

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Data Transition Service

Key Benefits

Minimise Downtime

Validation tools navigate missing SOLIDWORKS file references and corruptions.

Address File Duplication

Rapid identification of duplicate files by name or digital fingerprint with specialised tools.

Increase Adoption

Automatic capture of file properties and references in your new vault environment.

Packages

Compare Data Migration Systems

Discover the features of each migration service and choose the service package for your specific needs.

standard-level system

Data Transition Service (DTS)

The standard-level system is designed to meet the basic needs of customers migrating data from Windows Explorer or SOLIDWORKS Workgroup who desire limited clean-up of their data.

£2,544/ 12 month term

Data Source
Project Guidance
Property Mapping
File De-duplication
Service Timeline
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fully customisable system

Data Migration Service (DMS)

This fully customisable system is designed to meet the more advanced needs of customers migrating data from Windows Explorer, SOLIDWORKS Workgroup, or other data management systems who desire advanced data clean-up to ensure a solid starting point in the SOLIDWORKS PDM system.

£3,156/ 12 month term

Data Source
Project Management
Property Mapping
Historical File Versions
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If you think you're in need of a data clean-up your data, our experienced consultants are ready to support you and your team with an efficient and secure data migration.

 

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Data Migration Service Matrix

This matrix highlights the differences between Data Transition Services, which focus on planning and readiness, and Data Migration Services, which handle the technical execution of moving data.

Requirements File De-Duplication Data Conditioning
Requirements

Requirements

Data Source

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Single source, either Windows Explorer or SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Data can be migrated from any source(s) including existing document management systems

Functional Groups

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Single group

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Single or multiple groups supported

*A functional group can be one or more business units, with one or more data sources, but which will have identical data conditioning requirements.

Destination Vault Type

Data Transition Service (DTS)

  • SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard
  • SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional

Data Migration Service (DMS)

  • SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard
  • SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional
Pre-existing PDM Vault destination supported

Data Transition Service (DTS)

No

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Yes

Access Requirements

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Attended access via remote web meeting (eg: Teams)

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Supports Attended or Unattended access as well as environments requiring elevated security requirements

Project Management

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Basic Project Guidance

Data Migration Service (DMS)

  • Detailed project plan creation, dedicated Project
  • Management resource, weekly project status update meetings and reports available
Total Number CAD files

Data Transition Service (DTS)

50,000 (Maximum 100,000 Workgroup versions)

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Unlimited

*SOLIDWORKS (sldprt, sldasm, slddrw), dwg and dxf file formats.

Total number of Non-CAD files

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Unlimited

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Unlimited

Non SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD Files

Data Transition Service (DTS)

Included as “dumb” files only

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Some additional file types can be fully processed, capturing reference structure and properties

Service Completion Time

Data Transition Service (DTS)
Approximately 6 Weeks

Data Migration Service (DMS)

Varies depending on data source and conditioning requirements and client’s validation testing schedule

File De-Duplication
Data Conditioning

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of data can be migrated?
How long does a typical migration take?
Will our file references remain intact after migration?
Can we migrate our data without interrupting day-to-day work?
What happens to our revision history and file properties during migration?
What should we do before starting a data migration project?