Appendix | HaloCAD for Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS PDM

This section provides supplemental information.

Third-Party Libraries

Third-party software/code is included or bundled with Secude's products according to its appropriate license. Secude conducts testing to make sure the third-party products are compatible with and perform as intended with Secude applications.

The third-party libraries and dependencies used by HaloCAD for SOLIDWORKS PDM are shown in the table below.

Library	Version	Source Code	License Link
Mhook	2.5.1	https://github.com/apriorit/mhook	https://github.com/apriorit/mhook#license
Protobuf Library	3.15.6	https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf	https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE
JSON Parser	3.11.3	https://github.com/nlohmann/json	https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/LICENSE.MIT
OpenSSL	3.4.5	https://github.com/openssl	https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
tbb	2021.6.0	https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB	https://github.com/dwaddington/tbb-2018/blob/tbb_2018/LICENSE
MSAL	4.72.1	https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet	https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE
WTL	10.0.10320	https://www.nuget.org/packages/wtl/10.0.10320	https://opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt
MIP SDK	1.18.103	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/information-protection/develop/version-release-history	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/information-protection/develop/

Third-party libraries

SOLIDWORKS PDM Metadata Definitions

The table below lists the SOLIDWORKS PDM metadata available in the HaloENGINE GenNXT.

SOLIDWORKS PDM Metadata	Use
author_name	Derivation from the Web2 client interface Items author.
domain_name	Derivation from the network domain name associated with the current user. (For example, `SZVLU100.com`)
file_type	Derivation from file type. File types of SOLIDWORKS.
user_name	Derivation from machine logged-on user. (For example, John and Derek)
client_hostname	Derivation from the computer where SOLIDWORKS PDM is installed. (For example, `SZVLU100.com`)
current_state	Derivation from the file's status as set in SOLIDWORKS PDM. (For example, Approved and Waiting for approval)
project_name	The name of the project from which the saved file is derived. (For example, CMS Turbo Engine)
ad_group	Derivation from the domain groups. (For example, Domain Users and Superusers)
folder_path	Derivation from folder name in SOLIDWORKS PDM server. (For example, `C:/<Folder>`). Please note that files cannot be encrypted if the folder name (`folder_path`) is specified with a backslash "\", such as `C:\folder1\folder2`. Therefore, it is advised to configure with a forward slash "/”, such as `C:/folder1/folder2`.
preexpression_custom_pre-expression	Derivation from custom pre-expression Yes No

SOLIDWORKS PDM metadata

Uninstalling HaloCAD for SOLIDWORKS PDM

When you no longer use HaloCAD for SOLIDWORKS PDM, you may uninstall the application. Uninstalling removes all files and registry settings that were added to your computer during the initial installation.

Method #1

Click Start menu > go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Uninstall a Program > select HaloCAD for SOLIDWORKS PDM application from the list > right-click and select Uninstall option or double-click on the installer HaloCAD_SWPDM_Setup.exe file.
Depending on your Windows security settings, you may get a security warning as "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?". If you get this security warning, click the Yes button to confirm that you want to uninstall the add-on.
The warning message shown below appears.

Uninstall Message #1
Uninstalling HaloCAD for SOLIDWORKS PDM (Explorer plug-in) requires your computer to restart to confirm that all files have been completely removed.
1. Yes — The computer restarts immediately after removing the HaloCAD component.
2. No — The HaloCAD component is uninstalled, but the computer must be restarted manually later.
The following notification appears asking you to confirm the uninstall, regardless of whether you selected Yes or No in the previous message.

Uninstall Message #2
Click Yes to begin the uninstallation. If you choose No, the uninstalling process ends.
The following confirmation message appears.

Uninstall Message #3

Result
1. The HaloCAD component is successfully uninstalled.
2. Click OK to close the dialog.
3. The uninstallation process is complete.
4. Alternative method: Open Command Prompt as an administrator, run HaloCAD_SWPDM_Setup.exe -uninstall -silent true, and select Yes to restart the computer immediately after uninstalling the HaloCAD component, or No to complete the uninstallation and restart the computer manually later.

Last updated: October 30, 2026