Access to Component "File Properties" Through Assembly & Drawing Without Opening the Component

[Slasher]

Hello everyone,

Basically a macro for the subject says. I searched the forum library but could not find something similar.

I have Custom Properties setup which is great but it does not work in drawings environment .
This forces me to switch back & forth a lot when I want to change properties of a component; say description, finishing note, etc.

Ideally precondition would be to pre-select an entity of the component from graphics view (for both assembly & drawings).
It'd be nice if you can select the component from BOM in drawing environment and the macro still works.

Thank you in advance!
Vahid

[AlexB]

This example shows how to get a component within the drawing view. You could also explicitly select it and use the GetSelectedObject functionality and cast the current selection as needed.

https://help.solidworks.com/2018/englis ... ple_vb.htm

From there, you can use the Component2::GetModelDoc2() function to get the pointer to that component's model. You should be able to get the custom property manager from there similar to your current macro.

[chancegarrison]

Hello everyone,

Basically a macro for the subject says. I searched the forum library but could not find something similar.

I have Custom Properties setup which is great but it does not work in drawings environment .
This forces me to switch back & forth a lot when I want to change properties of a component; say description, finishing note, etc.

Ideally precondition would be to pre-select an entity of the component from graphics view (for both assembly & drawings).
It'd be nice if you can select the component from BOM in drawing environment and the macro still works.

Thank you in advance!
Vahid

Came to second that this would also be useful for me! Let me know if you come across something that works, please.