Solidworks Properties program

For all Solidworks users that are frustrated by the conventional method of
modifying, Summary, Custom or Configuration Specific Properties.

I have been developing a VB program to Modify, Add or Delete SolidWorks
File; Summary, Custom or Configuration Specific Properties. It works on
Parts, Assemblies and Drawings. At the moment there is no help file, that
will follow later. It's a suck it and see program, which I hope users will
find helpful.

It is available free of charge with absolutely no strings attached
(electronic or otherwise). The only problem is how to send it. At the moment
I do not have a download site (if anyone knows of a free site that will do
this, please let me know), so if you want to have a look, please email me
and I will send the program. It is a standalone EXE file. If you need it
with a different file suffix; TXT or EX_ etc, let me know.

There are no hidden traps, pitfalls, tricks or anything else that will cause
grief to the user. The only thing the program will do to your system, is to
save a couple of keys in the registry. These are only the location of the
Solidworks program and the users language, for populating data in a combo
box. This will slow the program start for the first time the program is run.

Also, this just proves the usefulness of this Newsgroup, Wayne Tiffany over
there in the great US of A has been helping with debugging and improvements
to the program. Another great Oz - USA collaboration.

 

You can post attachments on the SolidWorks Usergroup. I don't remember if
you have to be on subscription to access it. You can then rightclick the
file you posted and copy the link and post it here and all we should have to
do is click the link here and download will pop up on the screen. Atleast
in theory.

try this one
http://forum.solidworks.com/swforum...zip-compressed&filename=PreviewSuppressed.zip


Corey Scheich

 

Thanks Corey
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Second post. Tried again as a single string link.
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I have ZIPed it and posted the file. It seems to work.

http://forum.solidworks.com/swforum/download.asp?a=220&contentType=applicati
on%2Fx%2Dzip%2Dcompressed&filename=SWX+Properties%2Ezip

Tony O'Hara
Melbourne, Australia.

 

Tony -
Had no luck with this link - kept getting errors. I would be
pleased to try it if you want to email it to me.
To really assist the SolidWerks fellow traveler, you might try to
model and animate the great Melbourne "Hook Turn".
For the un-initiated, naive American, this inventive product of
the Ozzian mind has the potential, if used worldwide, of taming the
population explosion. It is a very low-cost solution enabling traffic
congestion and is only slightly less difficult to describe than
Cricket or Austrailian football.

I plan to be there next May and could use a refresher course.

Cheers bob

 

I just emailed you the latest version (2.1.6) that I have. Give it a try.

WT

 

I have 2.1.7......

Lucky me.....


Mr. Pickles

 

Hi Bob
I see Wayne has sent a copy to you. (thanks Wayne)

The error with the link is cased by the post line length chopping it into
two line and therefore screwing up the link.

The latest version is now available free of charge (but don't let that stop
anyone making donations...) on http://www.okswug.com/reviews.html and may
soon be available on http://swtools.cad.de with the kind assistance of Mr
Pickles and Stefan.

For those that do not know. The Melbourne "Hook Turn" (for Left Hand Drive
countries) is where you keep left on entering a signalled intersection and
the turn right, supposedly after the lights change to the crossing
direction. It's good for keeping the Tramlines free of cars, but only lets
3-5 cars through each change of lights.
When I came to Oz in 1966, there was only 5 Hook turns and you had to name
them for part of your driving licence test. Now there are a lot more, but
well signposted if you have eyes in your forehead, or at least keep looking
up at the tram lines.

 

Hi David
Is that how come you landed up in Dandenong, you were actually headed for
Geelong?.....

 

One thing that needs to worked on is the error control when a document
is not loaded in SolidWorks. There should just be a dialog telling
you to load a document first and thats all, as it is the program
continues to run the posts an error message before closing.

Also I can't get it to run, all I am getting is an error:
Run-time error '75'
Path/File access error.

Just a thought.

 

What version of the program and what version of SW are you running? We
addressed the issue of no SW file loaded some time ago. Check to see if you
are running the latest (2.1.7) and then try again.

WT

 

Yes, that is the version I am using. I don't get the message when
there is a part loaded, but I still get the runtime error.

 

What SW version are you running?

WT

 

Sorry, forgot to put that in the last post. SWX 2003 SP4.0

You would think that for a search engine that takes less than a second
on average, they could post to a group faster than 3-9 hours. Just
venting! Its been a long day.

 

I will look into this, I have not been able to duplicate the situation. But
then it is Saturday morning and I have just woken up. Looks like a bit of
weekend work ahead.

re the error 75 problem. I think the problem may relate to the
properties.txt file that should be on your system in the Solidworks folders.
I will put an alternative routine over the weekend to populate the combo
boxes if the file is not found.

I'll be back....

 

Hopefully a new version will be out after the weekend, then you can all get
the latest features. One in particular, is the ability to have the program
stay on top with the click of a button.

Of course Wayne will get a special delivery as a collaborator.....

 

Jeff, you need to get hooked up to the news server in Germany and use a
reader. I was in the same situation and got so tired of waiting and waiting
and now I'm a happy camper. For the most part it all happens in real time
now.

WT

 

I believe I have found the source of the error 75 and am fixing it