PDXplorer: The best way to create, edit and view PDX packages - FREE!

PDXplorer keeps your product design data within your computer PDXplorer opens, creates and edits PDX files that conform with the IPC-257x standards for Product Data eXchange (PDX).

These IPC standards define the format for data shared between supply chain partners. Product lifecycle management (PLM) applications often export PDX packages to downstream manufacturing and support applications that can import product data.

PDXplorer offers a clean, straight-forward user interface, coupled with an adaptable data parsing engine. Since PDX files can occasionally have varying attribute values depending upon the IPC implementation, PDXplorer examines common format differences to determine how best to open the PDX file.

PDXplorer Viewer/Editor is FREE for personal and organization use - view and edit PDX files at no cost, securely on your own computer.

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PDXplorer Features

PDX 1.0 compliant. Opens PDX files defined by product data exchange standards IPC-2571, IPC-2576, IPC-2578
Compatible with Windows 32-bit / 64-bit, including XP, Vista and Windows 7 (x86/x64)
No cloud/SaaS risk: Your intellectual property remains securely on your own computer — no third-party sharing, no waiting for large uploads to complete
Flexible printing and data export: package, elements tree and single element attributes
Multiple PDX packages can be open at once, and one package can be a data source for another
Read, edit and even create new PDX packages without a connection to another database or application
Rich Windows® client built on Microsoft® .NET framework supports easy PDX package editing
Minor changes to IPC standards can be accepted with simple edits of XML-based configuration files
Resilient DTD-driven data parsing engine abstracts the PDX data from the user presentation layer, and can read varying implementations of IPC-2571.DTD
User interface can be tailored or translated using XML-based configuration files
Compatible with varying file attachment techniques used by Agile Software Agile eXpress, Arena Solutions, and OpenVision Software PDXPro

Complement an Oracle Agile™ implementation

PDXplorer is a useful complement to Agile PLM (product lifecycle management) and Agile eXpress. Whether you just need limited PDX management capability to accept Agile files, or you need to augment the capabilities of Agile eXpress, you'll find PDXplorer a convenient and effective tool.

Convert between PDX formats

PDXplorer will save files in IPC-2571 format. In addition, PDXplorer also allows you to save files in Agile 7, Agile 8, and Agile 9 formats (which vary slightly from IPC-2571).

Accept PDX data from your supply chain partners

PDXplorer allows full read/write access to the PDX packages that you receive from other IPC-2571 users. Perhaps your customer or supplier has adopted Agile as their PLM software, but you can't afford to install Agile simply to read their PDX packages. PDXplorer lets you view file attachments, change approvals, as-built product serial numbers and any other Agile PDX data without buying an Agile license.

Address Agile eXpress limitations

Most versions of Agile eXpress implement a proprietary version of PDX that does not use the standard 2571.dtd file published by the IPC, and Agile eXpress may not read all IPC-2571 compliant PDX files. Because PDXplorer uses the published IPC-2571 DTD file, it may be a better choice for building a standards-based supply chain.

Copy data from any PDX package into a new file

Agile eXpress cannot create a PDX package unless it's connected to Agile's eHub. But PDXplorer opens PDX files and allows you to merge data into a new PDX file that's IPC-2571 compliant or works with Agile 7, 8 or 9.