You can create a list custom property that is linked to the solidworks materials library. Run the macro by selecting tools macro run createcustomproperty. Just as an example, i will show you how to create a custom property that does doesnt exist by default. This file will add custom properties solidworks parts, assemblies, drawings, and library feature parts such as weldment profiles. Get, add, change, and delete cutlist custom properties vb. Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation, accuracy, and thoroughness of the documentation.
Writing a custom macro requires time and specialized resources. For instance, the first four characters of the filename are saved as the custom property project name. Solidworks title blocks are extremely helpful and the wizard now provides a simple and intuitive control of custom property values within the title block. Hi there, im trying to change custom properties of solidworks files, parts, assemblies as well as drawings.
Delete all properties for the active configuration solidworks macro. I create 61 custom properties using an excel worksheet, each line is a property, each column is a configuration. You can create custom properties with lists of multiple values. I have also supplied a bmp image for you to add to your macro button. If this happens, hit ctrlalt delete, open task manager, find the macro in the applications tab, and.
The macro can be run on solidworks parts, assemblies and drawings in a specified folder. Use thedeletedimboundingboxcommand to delete unused dimension bounding boxes. Ive taken a look at other macros similar to mine in fuctionality, but none actually solve this issue. I threw together a macro to delete custom properties from a drawing which i put below. Addcustominfo3, engineer, swcustominfotext, albert ventura. Nov 28, 2019 when you download solidworks file from the internet, have much information and you need to clean it, so i modification 2 macros for doing it. In this help file, the administrator is referred to as you. When same property name is found, it replace existing value by new property value can. Deletecustominfoengineer end code this will add propertie name engineer with your info code. A solidworks macro is a shortcut to a task you perform repeatedly in solidworks 3d cad software. Begin by pressing the record button, drawing a centered rectangle and making an extrusion, which will produce the block shown in figure 5. This enhances the builtin functionality of solidworks allowing the selection of entities in the model view not only in the feature manager tree copy file specific custom properties to configuration properties. Use the custom property definition dialog box to create or modify a component custom property.
Solidworks bounding box custom properties solidworks bounding box custom properties the new feature has several options that can prove very useful. Search deleting custom properties in the solidworks knowledge base. How to change custom properties of multiple solidworks. Solidworks bounding box custom properties solidworks bounding box custom properties the new feature has several options that can. Use the form below to send your comments and suggestions about this topic directly to our documentation team. This efficient macro will save your documents as eparts, eassemblies, edrawings, pdfs and dxfs all in one go. These macros are free for you to use and play about with. This has been updated to work with solidworks 20 and upwards. Now when you insert a part or assembly which contain the custom properties with values into the drawing the title block will populate automatically and will be linked. Among the macrosolid features you can find macros that automate the process of generating files with a userdefined name for example. The showallopenfiles procedure only opens all the part files and drawing files. Esox republic download copy custom info macro use delete custom info nuke function to delete properties. Get, add, change, and delete cutlist custom properties. This macro will pass the values from the configuration specific window to the custom window then delete the configuration specific values.
Once downloaded double click the driveworks solidworkspowerpack version number. When you download solidworks file from the internet, have much information and you need to clean it, so i modification 2 macros for doing it. Dim swapp as object dim swmodel as modeldoc2 dim swdraw as drawingdoc sub main set swapp application. If this happens, hit ctrlaltdelete, open task manager, find the macro in the applications tab, and. Starting from the weldment property window, click on the edit. There are 2 sections in the summary information box.
Library of macros and scripts to automate solidworks. Solidworks education is proud to announce two amazing design solutions for the 20202021 academic year. Mar 19, 2012 now when you insert a part or assembly which contain the custom properties with values into the drawing the title block will populate automatically and will be linked. This will apply this property to all the files in a directory as well as any files found in sub directories. See summary info custom and configuration specific in the solidworks online users guide for more information on working with custom properties in solidworks documents. Solidworks macro solidworks part delete custom property tee. The download page is full of useful links and macro downloads. Addin also allows to manage multiuser environment by storing the configuration in the centralized location. Copy properties macro solidworks cad, stratasys 3d printers. Weve got a solidworks macro for you in which all you have to do ischange two lines, click a button, sit back and relax while solidworks generates the files automatically. As always, the best source of information is the solidworks forum, where a simple question provided the answer i was looking for. Dim swapp as object sub main set swapp application. Activedoc call formatfilelocation end sub function formatfilelocation dim title as string dim v as view set v swdraw. My problem is that although the macro works, the custom properties tab on the side does not update automatically.
It also shows how to add a custom property to the configuration. Sep 26, 2018 automatically apply solidworks or windows properties to a set of solidworks files. Nov 16, 2016 as mentioned, the quickest way to create macros is to record them. Run macro in assembly to remove the properties to all. This macro can be used to copy the existing value of a custom properties to a new or existing custom property in the same file. Bounding box in solidworks 2018 solidworks menu bounding box location the bounding box is a feature in the featuremanager that you can hover over to get information and edit as any other feature. Display value of custom property solidworks vba macro. The first is the custom tab and the other is the configuration specific tab.
This macro provides a single click function to move components selected in the graphics area in new feature folder. You can record or build a macro in solidworks, and then play the macro to automatically repeat the series of commands or. Adddelete custom property task can be used to add or remove or rename custom andor configuration properties. Use the new macro button in the macro toolbar or select tools macro new. Will delete properties and then add custom properties with your info you. Extend your solidworks portfolio to the cloud and take your collaboration, agility and speed to market to the next level through secure collaboration and data sharing. Add and get custom properties example vba this example shows how to add and get a custom property assigned to a weldment feature. Solidworks task scheduler part 2 computer aided technology. How do you reference cut list custom properties in a. A public version of a macro means that the vba macro may be downloaded and run by any member, but the source code is only available to premium members. Instead, i started to research if there was an alternative already available. Provide feedback on this topic solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation, accuracy, and thoroughness of the documentation.
Jun 07, 2019 hello there, you can download the program from the link below. Whether its custom properties that you create or an existing one like angle1, it can be linked to a note so that it automatically changes as the part is updated. General vs specific custom properties and the tab builder solidworks forums. Custom property tab builder not reading the property. Driveworks and solidworks should be closed while installing the plugin. The following macro deletes all the properties from the active configuration. Jul 03, 2017 solidworks title blocks are extremely helpful and the wizard now provides a simple and intuitive control of custom property values within the title block. You have written main procedure to delete custom properties alone. However, when you download an air cylinder off of a suppliers webpage, they do. I need a macro to remove all current custom properties from a file and replace them.
Delete all properties for the active configuration solidworks. So that any changes you make to the properties in the part or assembly document will be reflected in the drawing title block. My goal is to have a user download the form, complete their assigned task, and then have a beforesave macro run that will scan the work and update that script status property based on the results of the macro i. Can process solidworks part, assembly and drawing files. The driveworks solidworks powerpack plugin extends a driveworks implementation by adding advanced generation tasks. Macro feature to link specified custom properties from weldment cut lists to. Follow the programming vba and vsta macros using solidworks api section. Sometimes older macros with forms hang when first used in a sw session. You can record or build a macro in solidworks, and then play the macro to automatically repeat the series of commands or actions. This macro will retrieve configuration specific custom properties from a part model and list them in a notepad. Use the form below to send your comments and suggestions about this topic directly to our. This macro fills in certain custom properties based on the filename of a part or assembly. Solidworks custom properties can take a while to recreate in new documents. Will delete properties and then add custom properties with your info you type in example.
Select the weldment feature in the featuremanager design tree. Parent topic summary information custom and configuration specific search deleting custom properties in the solidworks knowledge base. This eliminates the need to edit your documents one by. Open the new file and access the custom properties dialog.
Expand show folders for and select custom properties files. Stopping the recording will prompt you to save the macro to a file. Then, select the list of custom properties from a source file by selecting the row header where it says 1 on the left, then hold down the shift key and select the last row 4 in the example above. Copy properties macro solidworks cad, stratasys 3d.
The documentation team cannot answer technical support questions. Get custom properties for configuration example vba. You have to change showallopenfiles as main and main as another one. Read the solidworks document manager api getting started topic and ensure that the required dlls have been registered. Solidworks education edition 20202021 includes over 12 exceptional design and engineering products, including solidworks premium 3d cad software. This eliminates the need to edit your documents one by one to assign or modify your custom properties. Change custom properties in solidworks parts, assemblies.
When adding custom properties to a solidworks part file you normally would see this. Solidworks macro solidworks assembly delete custom. Solidworks api and pdm api training and services macro library. Solidworks macro solidworks assembly delete custom property.
In a solidworks part, assembly, or drawing document, click file properties custom to see the entire list of existing custom property names for that document. Addcustominfo3, engineer, swcustominfotext, albert ventura end code. Drwpdfdxf macro is pdf and dxf files generator from 2d drawings slddrw macro lets you schedule the names of the generated files and sorting them according to defined in the model i. Get custom properties for configuration example vba this example shows how to get the names, types, values, and resolved values of the active configurations custom properties. Use copy custom info to copy properties from a template file. Solidworks macro to automatically create part configuration. Use excels concatenate feature to automatically combine data from multiple properties into a single field, then hide do not delete the original columns. This example shows how to get cutlist items and their custom properties and how to add, modify, and delete a cutlist custom property. Read our faq for more information about macros and the api. Macro allows to delete all of the features in the selected folder in one click using. Library of macros and scripts to automate solidworks codestack. It cannot be done solely through the solidworks interface.
Follow the programming vba and vsta macros using solidworks api section for guidelines of using and creating macros in solidworks. First access the custom properties from file properties. It is a series of commands and actions that can be stored and run within solidworks whenever you need to perform the task. What has happened is you have lost the file location of your custom properties files.
Add and get custom properties example vba this example shows how to add a custom property to and gets the custom properties assigned to a weldment feature. Link custom properties solidworks drawing title block. Task can be used to add or remove or rename custom andor configuration properties. Solidworks macro solidworks part delete custom property. Edit custom properties 3d contentcentral free 3d cad models. Hello there, you can download the program from the link below. Add and get custom properties example vba solidworks. Once i get the fixproperties macro to work, does anyone have any input on how to link the model file name to the property.
Api set configurationspecific custom properties dassault. The first 15 characters are saved as the custom property drawing number, all the characters after the 16th are saved as the part title, etc. Mytoolbar is a free and opensource addin for solidworks which allows organize the macro library in custom toolbars integrated to solidworks environment. Custom property named date added is added to the selected weldment feature. Macros might contain viruses or other security hazards. In companies with multiple solidworks users, typically one person, such as the lead user or administrator, creates the customized tabs for everyone to use. I hoped it would be listed in the link to value drop down, but that is only for mass properties.
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