General Information About the PDM System

The DesignStream system is a browser-based document management system. The system includes the storage, handling, and distribution of documents, items, and item structures created and maintained during a product's lifecycle, as well as managing the use permissions. All the users have a common, systematic method to search, view and save documents and manage their versions.

A file server contains all documents stored in the DesignStream system. When a user checks out a document from the server for editing, the document is downloaded from the server to the workspace of the user's workstation for editing. The user edits the document checked out in the workspace using the application functions and saves the changes. Once the document is finished, the user checks in the document from the workspace to the server.

Using the Vertex DesignStream system is presented in the software's own help documentation.