PDXplorer PDX Viewer 3.0 software
The PDXplorer PDX Viewer, Release 3.0, is a simple, user-friendly tool for viewing parts, multi-level BOMs, file attachments and other PDX design package data. It offers a powerful interface that displays helpful labels rather than the obscure names defined by IPC-2571.
Requirements
| Hardware | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Processor | 32-bit: 2 GHz Pentium III (or equivalent),
or higher 64-bit: 2 GHz AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support, or higher |
| Memory (RAM) | 512 MiB (1 GiB recommended) prior to Windows
7 1 GiB (2 GiB recommended) for Windows 7, or higher |
| Hard disk space | 10 MiB for application installation. You'll also require enough working space to uncompress the PDX files, which may be 2-3 times larger than your largest PDX file. |
| Windows operating systems for .NET 4 Client Profile | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2012: all Editions | - | Yes |
| Windows 8: Standard, Professional, Enterprise | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008, 2008R2: all Editions | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 7: Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate | SP1 | SP1 |
| Windows Vista: Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate | SP2 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2003: all Editions | SP2 | SP2 |
| Windows XP: Professional | SP3 | SP2 |
Download & install
Before installing this release, use Windows Control Panel to uninstall any previous PDXplorer Viewer release.
You can review the PDXplorer free software license before downloading the installer.
Microsoft .NET 4 Client Profile is a prerequisite, and is already installed on recent Windows operating systems.
If your computer doesn't have the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed, you can install it now, or accept it via Windows Update, before installing the PDXplorer Viewer.
The PDXplorer PDX Viewer installer uses the Microsoft Installer (.msi) format. If .msi files are blocked on your computer, you can download the compressed (.zip) version, and then extract the PDXplorerViewerSetup.msi file.
| Release | Date | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0.21602.0 | 2012-12-16 | 864 KiB | PDXplorerViewerSetup-3_0_21602_0.msi |
| 3.0.21602.0 | 2012-12-16 | 451 KiB | PDXplorerViewerSetup-3_0_21602_0.zip |
The application interface can be changed from English to Deutsch, español, français, 简体中文 and other languages.
Run
Start the PDXplorer PDX Viewer by selecting it from your Windows Start menu or your Desktop.
When the application opens:
-
Click on the
icon to navigate to a PDX package. -
Click on the
icon to open the on-line
help topics in your web browser.
Sample PDX file
You can test your PDXplorer PDX Viewer installation with an IPC-2571 example — download this PDX sample file:
IPC2571-PDX-example.pdx @ 105 KiB
PDXplorer PDX Viewer release notes
3.0.21602.0 (2012-12-16)
- Revise German translation [C21262]
- Re-open/restore main window within last or active screen [B1001]
- Display COPY context menu option on all grids [B1000]
- Update statusbar messages [B1002]
3.0.20653.0 (2012-07-26)
- Initial release