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Sorry, but I do not think there is any other alternative. There might be some paid tools available but there won't be any less costly version.

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It's the actual people/user downloading the macro. And since it is a weekend, may be we did not bothered to reply. And glad to know that you have found a solution, I was thinking to link to a Chinese to English macro for ideas https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/240672 https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Have you tried insert part into part, and then breaking the link?

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Select the desired features, and run the following codes. Please try on sample files first. Also not much error handling is added. Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim swSelMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr Dim swFeat As SldWorks.Feature Dim selCount As Long Dim i As Long ...

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You can try getting the color for each body into an array. And once bodies are exported as parts, you can reapply the colors to them with values from the array.

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AlexB, I'm opening the parts/assemblies as I'm going through a drawing BOM. I managed to get my code working today, much like I described. Now, to move them to the vault and check them in and figure out how the PDM API... Thank you for your offer of help. I might just take that you up on that. Plea...

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Thanks Gupta, this is close enough. However, there are still isssues I need to address. -It works for solid bodies but not for the cut list. -I want to use the Cut List folder name as the file name -I want to maintain the color that is set during the creation of the part. You may check this post fo...

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Did you looked at this example https://help.solidworks.com/2022/englis ... ple_VB.htm

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It is hard coded, and can not be changed.

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It's a window limit unfortunately. And file extension is counted as well.

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Same is applicable for vertex option as well, just select the desired vertex without changing the end condition.

You can also RMB in the graphics area and select the desired end condition.

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I do not see any codes in the API for this option. So I believe this is not implemented yet. Kindly email to your VAR to send this request. One workaround may be to put each sketch on their own sheet in the DXF file. And during importing, you can specify which sheet to import. And if this works, you...

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sooz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:19 pm Is there a version of this that I can apply specific text to all cutlist items in a part file? This seems geared towards assembly files only. Thanks Deepak!

You can check the codes from the cut list related macros here https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-tools/#cut-list by @Artem

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Thanks for the update Deepak. I noticed that this only adds the custom property to the components of the top assembly. Any thoughts on how to add also to the components of sub-assemblies in the top assembly? Sorry for a late response (have missed your reply). The codes works for all components in t...

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No possible at the moment as you can have only one body flattened at a time.

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I changed my material database name from Materials to SWaterials (such that it is not similar to default database names), it starts to work OK.

Thank you for your inputs @josh

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Try export the assembly as SW part, and then convert that multi bodies part into an SW assembly.

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When you delete a property column in the design table, it won't automatically delete them. So if you are looking to delete the properties from bunch of files, you could create a macro to delete them.

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I have not seen this behavior earlier, so will it be possible for you to share your screen and show the issue?

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I'm trying to add a custom material from a material database which is on a network drive. Below is the line I'm using to add the desired material. And it is not working. If I move the material to default location a swPart.SetMaterialPropertyName2 sConfigName, "\\Master Material File\materials.s...

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This issue is due to FLEXnet licensing service included with SOLIDWORKS 2024. Read this information to find the solution https://www.goengineer.com/blog/current ... tion-error

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josh wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2024 1:17 pm Ouch! Crashed drive is no fun! Hope you didn't lose too much other stuff!

Well lot of stuff was lost, along with some wonderful macros and standalone tools. But I think it is part of life!!

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I recall making a similar tool many moons back, and that was destroyed with the crashed drive

Thank you for sharing.

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Are you missing "=" in this line

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arrayMates(X).Name =  Left(swComp.Name, InStr(swComp.Name, "-") - 1) & "+" & arrayMates(X).Name

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Can you please share the complete macro to debug?

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timied07 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 3:13 pm
How do I push the name update back to SolidWorks?

Try force rebuild to reflect the new names.

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Use swFeature.GetTypeName2 to get if the type is Mate, and then use swFeature.Name to rename the mates.

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Here are the quick codes to delete all named views int he active model file. No error handling has been added. Option Explicit Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim vModelViewNames As Variant Dim i As Long Dim Errors As Long Dim Warnings As Long Sub Main() Set swApp = ...

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I often run into this issue and now planning to make a macro to delete all the named views. May further enhance the macro to show the list and let the user select the one he/she desires to delete.

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Yes you need to have write access to the files as you will be changing and then saving the files.

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Thank you for sharing!!

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Not much expertise with PDM API but you will have to check out the existing file first (using lockfile method) and ad your file to PDM and release (unlockfile).

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jasonwilger wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:47 pm The 3d content central does not work for newer Solidworks versions. Is there a newer macro for the updated releases?

I tested it on 2022, and it worked as expected. So, would like to ask if you are getting any errors?

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The key is given free but the subscription is not. If I'm understanding his situation correctly, he does not have a SolidWorks licence and is trying to work around that to somewhat work with SolidWorks files. OP mentioned that there are other CAD readers that can access SolidWorks types. So I assum...

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How is that not saying the same thing? If you need an active subscription... than perhaps we are just splitting hairs of my wording. Are you saying it does not have significant cost that I would need to propose to my superiors? The key is given free. If you do not plan to upgrade or pay subscriptio...

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robertkjr3d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:00 pm SolidWorks Document Manager API, also requires a License.

No it does not but you need to have SolidWorks Document Manager key and SolidWorks Document Manager installed on machine having no Solidworks.

The SolidWorks Document Manager key is provided only to customer on active subscription.

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You might get this information using SolidWorks Document Manager API.

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you can do tabs and slots to interlock pieces and avoid some fasteners. Also depending on the size and how much scrap you want to make you can make a full size box from a single piece. image.png This is a corner of a door I made, it's a miter flange all the way around. Usually the limitations are b...

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This maybe too big: https://www.continest.com/ https://rackandshelf.com/product/storage-products/automotive/automotive-containers/collapsible-steel-containers/ https://www.steelking.com/products/collapsible-containers/ https://www.shippingcontainersuk.com/brands/foldable-steel-storage-containers.ph...

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By knock-down, you mean broken down into parts? Is there any complexity to the box? If you could give more info I'll try and give some pointers. I guess it depends a lot on what the intent is. For instance we started by making our airboxes with each faces individually so that we could have a more e...

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Not a SolidWorks related question but looking on ideas/recommendations to design sheet metal parcel boxes which can be knock-down easily. Here is one which looks close. So looking for ideas on internal structure. And also how to assembly from inside only (without the fasteners being visible from out...

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zwei wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:22 am Thanks!

I was actually looking for a simpler and more flexible workflow (multiple select → rename, auto add prefix)... guess i need to create my own macro

I have made a customized one for a customer, so won't be able to share for free

I recall seeing more on the SW forums.

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Macro can do it.

Here is one from @Artem https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-ap ... st-bodies/

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The macro I have shared above should work OK.

Did you changed the number in below line to Date?

cpm.Add3 "Number", swCustomInfoText, mValue, 1

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Can you share one sample file to understand?

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I just ran across this post and the original code to add a custom property "number" is just what I was looking for. But I would like to have it prompt for two different numbers to add. Sorry, missed your post and just found it today only. There are 2 ways: 1. You can add the number in the...

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Thank you for sharing.

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You can use GetMassProperties Method (IBody2) method.

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... rties.html

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When we save a PDF into a PDM folder it automatically adds to the vault based on our settings in PDM for adding file types. We only have PDM Standard so can't do PDM macros, but our save as PDF SolidWorks macro, puts the PDF in the right folder. The setting adds it. We then just have to check it in...

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