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ResidentAtLarge

It looks to me like the file browser dialog was causing issues. I found a snippet of code to replace that functionality and it seems to be working. I also added a snippet to activate the document before calling to export it when the user begins the process with an assembly. It was failing when the ...

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I have recently upgraded to SW2021 and the latest macro for "Export SM Batch - 7.0beta" does not work for us anymore. Can we get this macro updated for a more recent Solidworks release? I apparently cannot post the macro attachment for some reason on the solidworks forums so I figured ther...

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@ResidentAtLarge Puget Systems was benchmarking Solidworks on various systems, but looks like they haven't published any reports since SWX 2020 SP5 https://www.pugetsystems.com/all_articles.php?filter[]=SOLIDWORKS Additionally there is SPECapc for benchmarking SWX. The same company makes Specviewpe...

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I thought I would post this up here for a good reference if anyone wants to read it. I got to say about 10 years ago, my VAR CATI did a test based on certain computer specs and the differences it makes by certain components being upgraded. I know it is a bit outdated, but some good insight. Does any...

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I actually downloaded one of John's presentations a long while back, and looking through my folders here I came across these two files. Might be of some help going through this.

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The Skeleton Sketch Part Introduction-6-8-2017.pdf Here is a PDF that was put together by a member who has since retired from the CAD world. He was the SSP guru, from what I can tell. Hopefully it will help. This is great! I remember a more condensed version of this SSP document being made, but thi...

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I'm assuming you'd want each of these properties to update dynamically as well? I know that manually doing this 200 times is tedious, but you could just create a new custom property and link it to: "SW-Bounding Box Width@@@ Cut-List-ItemX @ PartX .SLDPRT" I was looking into this "@@@...

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I have recently been creating a single file of about 200+ configurations of a sheet metal part. My company plans to upgrade to solidworks 2020 in a month or two and am trying to get ahead on figuring this out. I need to include the blank size of my part in a custom property. There are two givens for...

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Solidworks doesn't require an extreme hardware build unless you are constantly having 200 parts or more in a single assembly. otherwise its an overkill of a build. You could spend $1000-$1200 on a decent computer that would last you ~10 years. There are specific graphics cards that solidworks certif...

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Is there any use for master modeling in PDM? I can not see it. Like Jason said above, Master modeling has nothing to do with PDM. I have used both techniques and saved them in PDM. Its all about what best fits your workflow. as for save bodies, check this out: https://blogs.solidworks.com/tech/2017...

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Jaylin Hochstetler wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:54 pm I did a little bit more research and it appears like they added it in 2018.
http://help.solidworks.com/2018/english ... ements.htm

That was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! I'm glad I didn't need to create a whole new thread for that.

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Jaylin Hochstetler wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:55 am Could you please elaborate what you're referring to?

My apologies for not being clear on that.
My question was about being able to link the cut-list properties(bounding box info) to the custom/config properties.
I am currently on 2017 and it seems that I am not able to do that.

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Can someone confirm,
Does this only work on 2018 and above?
And it needs a newly created template?

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Idiocracy is available on Disney+ Side note, "Just Watch" is a great app for finding what service a film/show is available to stream on. Disney+?? no way! Thats a 20th Century Fox distribution movie. I'm going to have to check that out this weekend. I guess its on Youtube for free for any...

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Wow <()> I'm completely baffled by that one. "We're going to let this one stay because you're the one who reported it and you're also the one who peed in our cereals. That'll teach you!" The society we're living is is feeling more and more like an accurate representation of the movie idio...

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Can you guys imagine the thoughts going through these people's mind when they try solidworks for the first time and start having these problems and then asking for a refund immediately? This is a forsure way to push your audience away and never want to look back ever. They are just helping the compe...

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@ResidentAtLarge, I'm not sure if it'll run from within a SW macro. I thought the "Scripting.FileSystemObject" wouldn't work, but it may according to this: https://help.solidworks.com/2019/English/api/sldworksapiprogguide/Macro_Features/Security_Function.htm. If you can setup a sandbox, t...

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My VBScript code I am looking to use is below: Const ForReading = 1 Dim arrLine() Dim lnCnt Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\temp\BOMTable_Export_TESTING.SLDASM.txt", ForReading) 'Read the csv file to get the header...

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JSculley wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:49 pm Are you wanting to run a visual basic program or a VBScript script? They are two different things.

I am looking to run a VBScript Script file.

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mattpeneguy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:11 am Also, isn't VBScript a subset of VB? Could you just copy the code into the macro?

I wasn't sure if vb could be run directly inside of solidworks VBA or not. I am not someone who knows a whole lot about programming either.

Thank you for the delay code!

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We also use what I'll call a LITE version of CADLink to initially create part numbers in our ERP system from within SW. Due to the convoluted nature of our ERP system, this turns a 6+minute process into about 15 seconds for initial part creation. We didn't spring for the BOM and Routing features si...

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Is there a command in solidworks macro to run a VB script and then place a pause for 1 second while it runs? I am not finding any information on how to do this anywhere.

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I use CustomTools, which is able to communicate with our ERP both ways, grab required information or send required information. It's a set-up to do though. My company has started to use CADLink, which communicates with our ERP system and adds the BOM and routings. But, I am struggling with being ab...

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@ResidentAtLarge, He mentioned SAP. So just because what you state may be fine with just SW, it appears his data management system may require this. @Dwight, the only thing that comes to mind from my end would be a macro... That would make sense then! I did miss that in his code. I do remember seei...

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All I would like to modify Property Tab Builder code so that a user can enter a "Description" property and what they enter is applied to both Global and to the "Default" configuration. I would like this to be applied when a user runs the Property Tab Builder, without them having...

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My favorite trick is to directly edit custom properties from Excel with user-defined functions, without having to open SW at all (via Document Manager API). https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-document-manager-api/ https://www.codestack.net/solidworks-document-manager-api/document/data-storage/cus...

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I am curious on different ways of being able to bring information into Solidworks properties of parts or assemblies. For example, the one way I have been doing this is by creating a macro that opens an excel document and copying the contents of a cell to a specific custom property. I was curious on ...

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The posts only allow me to use 10 links in a post max. so here are the last of the links. https://wiki.cadcam.com.my/knowledgebase/solidworks-api-fundamentals-10-classes-part-2/ https://wiki.cadcam.com.my/knowledgebase/solidworks-api-fundamentals-11-classes-part-3/ https://wiki.cadcam.com.my/knowled...

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I came across this gem online that someone wrote up on how to use the API. I thought it was one of the best resources I've found yet that is not requiring any paid service. I hope that some newer people who want to learn how to use the API can find this helpful. These articles have been posted recen...

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2018 by far. Something happened with 2019 where Solidworks went from being a useful tool to a product that spent most of the day showing that "Solidworks is busy." Autosave has been off since the release of 2019, because that is the only way the software was usable. Otherwise it would spe...

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I didn't see any posts on this forum about comparing different versions and their preference so I thought I'd start it up now! Usually people like to read comments like this to help make a decision on upgrading (yes I am looking to upgrade as well). Soo... let it commence, What is everyone's favorit...

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I've always been using val in my macro. I just did not realize that valout was giving the evaluated value which I should probably be using from now on.

Thank you for clarifying that for me!

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I am looking to link basic length and width as a custom property. So, the dimension that determines those two values are linked in the custom property which would look something like this: "Length@Sketch1@Part1" and "Width@Sketch1@Part1". So, when writing my code it doesn't copy ...

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You just need to use the reverse of below line Name = xlSheet.Cells(8, 9) i.e. xlSheet.Cells(8, 9) = "Your desired value here" As someone new to programming, I did not think to reverse it the way you put it. But, this is the correct way to do it. I have successfully got this script to wor...

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I am pretty new to the API with very little programming experience. I've looked at the solidworks API Help and I am not sure on which command to use. My code that I currently have copies from a specific cell and puts the value into the custom property that I've defined. What I would like to do is to...

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