Properties Management Tasks

• Properties Management

  • Add/Delete Custom Property

  Task can be used to Add or Remove or Rename custom and/or configuration properties.

  Macro uses the “Find and Replace” method. When same ‘Property Name’ is found, it replaces existing value by ‘New Property value’. Can process SOLIDWORKS Part, Assembly and Drawing files. Provides option to choose to process Document or Configuration Property. Provides user with option to Remove property name as place holders.

  • Copy Custom Properties

  This task can be used when Configuration specific properties existing in a Part / Assembly must be copied to their respective drawings. User can process SOLIDWORKS Drawings, which have a Drawing View, referencing a SOLIDWORKS Part / Assembly. Configurations specific properties from part are copied to Drawing custom properties (considers only the first Drawing View picked by “Drawing View #”). User can choose specific properties to be copied along with its values. The properties will be copied to the Drawing Custom Properties Tab. User can choose to process a complete folder or files.

  • Custom Properties Manager

  The task supports: Adding / Removing / Renaming Custom and Configuration specific properties. If the property with same name is present, then it will be replaced. Task uses a table control which allows easy data entry. User can type in the values, load from a CSV file or select a SOLIDWORKS Native file to load from. Provision to export the values to CSV file is available to the user. User can choose to process Custom Properties or Configuration Specific Properties. User can choose to Process Active Configurations, or Specific Configurations.

  • Rename Bodies from Custom Property

  This task helps to rename the bodies present in SOLIDWORKS file by using a Cut List property value.

  The search sequence is to look at: Cutlist properties folder. Document Level Properties. Configuration Specific Properties.

  • Generate Custom Properties Report

  Task provides an easy option to export all custom properties into an xml file. File contains Custom Property Name, Value and Configuration. Allows to transform xml file to other format, typically HTML using the extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations file (XSLT). Task works with SOLIDWORKS native files. Download the sample XSLT file >>

  • Copy Material Properties

  The task can copy material specific properties from materials library into the document properties. User can enable “Run macro on each configuration” if all configurations are to be processed. Option to choose to process General or Configuration Specific Properties. Can filter configuration based on name. Task works with SOLIDWORKS Parts only. To copy custom properties from material to document. For all Properties Choose “*” in Name and Placeholder “Value”. The task assumes that material database name is unique. (i.e. Database name in material library should not repeat).

  • Bulk Property Import

  This task can be used to import metadata present in an Excel file against Custom and Configuration specific properties. Import Properties from Excel into SOLIDWORKS files referenced by its path and configuration name. User can choose the file name from which the properties are to be imported.

  User can specify the file path where the file is located. Options to choose to Import Generic or Configuration Specific properties or Empty Properties. If user does not choose to import empty properties, then properties without values against the specific SOLIDWORKS file will not be imported. This task works best with the ‘Bulk Property Export’ task.

  • Bulk Property Export

  This task can be used to manage metadata present in the form of custom properties. Export all Properties from SOLIDWORKS files into one excel file. User can modify the data contented in excel file and import it back. Options to choose to Export Generic or Configuration Specific properties. Properties specific to a configuration can be exported by specifying its Configuration Name. User can choose a File Name by specifying text or using placeholders. User can choose a Path to export the excel file. This task works best with ‘Bulk Property Import’ task.

  • Edit Cut List Properties

  This task allows to add or remove Cutlist properties. If the property with the same name was previously present, then it will be overwritten while adding a property. Task works with SOLIDWORKS parts only with cut list properties (e.g. Weldment profiles, Sheet Metal).

  • Zone-Based Properties

  This task allows to add properties to all components depending on their coordinates in the assembly. Task works with assembly documents [*.SLDASM].

  • Add quantity Property

  This task adds a “Quantity” property for each component in assembly, including all components in subassemblies. By default, task does not calculate excluded from BOM and suppressed components. They could be added in task options. Toolbox components are ignored. Task calculates the components on in all subassemblies, but an option could be chosen to calculate components only on top level.  If previously the property with quantity was added, then user has an option to append newly calculated quantity to existing property. Task has an option to duplicate the property for all derived configurations which is useful for Sheet Metal and Weldment components. Task works with SOLIDWORKS assembly documents [*.SLDASM].

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