Custom properties driven from Design Table
Custom properties driven from Design Table
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I am having some problems getting my custom properties to load from my DT. When I set up my DT, I use $prp@OrderNumber, but when it load to the custom properties it goes into Configuration Specific, but not the standard Custom Properties.
I have not intentially setup any configuration in this model, but I am using Weldments, which appears to default to an "As Welded" and "As Machined" configs. My DT has Default <As Machined>. It errors out if I try to change it to Default <As Welded>.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Joe
I have not intentially setup any configuration in this model, but I am using Weldments, which appears to default to an "As Welded" and "As Machined" configs. My DT has Default <As Machined>. It errors out if I try to change it to Default <As Welded>.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Joe






RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
I do not use design tables with weldments because of some stability problems I ran into awhile back.
SA
RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
To create a design table, you define the names of the configurations you want to create, you specify the parameters you want to control, and you assign values for each parameter.[/b]
The whole purpose of a DT is to give an easy, "one-stop" place to control configs & their parameters (Configuration Specific properties). The "Custom Properties" apply "across the board" to all configs ... so the "one-stop" place for that is the File > Properties dialogue box.
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
If that locks me into configs, that fine, I will just work around it and always set it to the active config.
Thanks
joe
RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Custom properties driven from Design Table
To expand on handleman's suggestion. While you cannot directly populate the Custom tab from a design table using SolidWorks built in functionality. If you really want to control it from the design table, you can do it indirectly by putting a macro in the design table so that it will populate the Custom tab. I would put it in the worksheet's before close event.
SA