PDXpert PLM Software
Product Lifecycle Management
PDXpert PLM V17.0 Launches with Game-Changing REST API
September 25, 2025 — We're thrilled to announce the release of PDXpert PLM Version 17.0.4008.6 (V17.0), featuring our most significant advancement yet: a comprehensive REST API that opens the door to real-time integrations with your existing engineering and business systems.
The headline feature of PDXpert V17.0 is our new PDXpert Web Services API, designed to break down data silos and create seamless workflows between PDXpert and your critical business applications. This powerful integration layer enables real-time connectivity with popular systems including:
- CAD Systems: SolidWorks and other design platforms
- PCB Design Tools: Altium Designer and similar applications
- ERP/MRP Systems: NetSuite and other business management platforms
- PDM Systems: Various product data management tools
- Custom Applications: Any system capable of REST API communication
Understanding that every organization has unique infrastructure needs, we offer multiple deployment approaches for the PDXpert API:
- On-Premises Deployment: Full control with local API installation
- Cloud Access Point: Secure cloud-based access to your on-premises PDXpert system
- Hybrid Solutions: Combine both approaches based on your specific requirements
Beyond the revolutionary API capabilities, V17.0 delivers significant improvements to collaboration and task management:
- Advanced Task Management
- Task Reasons Collection: Customizable task reasons for better tracking and analysis of workflow decisions
- Group Task Assignment: Assign tasks to entire groups, with any group member able to complete the task
- Enhanced Task Notifications: Double-click task notifications to directly open relevant parts or documents
- Improved Task Permissions: New system rules allow broader task creation capabilities on change notices
- Streamlined Change Management
- Markup Wizard Enhancements: Administrators and analysts can now advance lifecycle states of affected items directly through the markup wizard
- Improved Change Access Control: Enhanced permissions system with better product family integration and denied access inheritance
- Better Change Review Process: Enhanced workflow for moving changes between routed and held states
- Enhanced User Experience
- Membership Visibility: Person forms now display group and product team memberships for better organizational transparency
- Improved Security: Password reset requirements for new users and enhanced password visibility controls
- Better Export Controls: Refined permissions for PDX package exports based on product family access rights
This REST API represents a fundamental shift in how PDXpert PLM can integrate into your existing technology ecosystem. No longer are you limited to manual data transfers or complex custom integrations. With V17.0, your engineering data flows seamlessly between systems, reducing errors, eliminating duplicate entry, and accelerating your product development cycles.
The PDXpert Web Services API is released as a beta feature and is available under a separate licensing arrangement. Organizations interested in exploring integration opportunities shouldContact your PDXpert account engineerto discuss specific requirements and licensing options.
Current PDXpert users can upgrade to V17.0 through existing support channels, while the API licensing can be added to enhance their integration capabilities.
Under HX3 Solutions, Inc., PDXpert benefits from the same skilled development and support team you've trusted for years, backed by over three decades of industry experience in digital services for engineering design, integration, and operations across both continuous and discrete manufacturing industries.
Ready to experience the integration possibilities and enhanced collaboration features? Contact your PDXpert account engineer to discuss how V17.0's new capabilities can streamline your workflows and enhance your digital transformation initiatives.
For technical documentation, API details, and upgrade procedures, please refer to the V17.0 release notes or contact our support team.
PDXpert is a comprehensive, user-friendly standalone Product Lifecycle Management solution designed specifically for growing engineering organizations. With V17.0's REST API and enhanced collaboration, PDXpert now offers unprecedented integration capabilities while maintaining the simplicity and power that engineering teams rely on.