Automate to fill Custom Properties? 2

• Mar 13, 2007

• #2

SBaugh

Mechanical

Mar 6, 2001

6,686

Search the web for Custom property programs. there is nothing in SW to do that.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

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• Mar 13, 2007

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• #3

fcsuper

Mechanical

Apr 20, 2006

2,204

Yes.

http://mysite.verizon.net/mjlombard/,

http://sw.fcsuper.com,

http://www.lennyworks.com/solidworks/,

Hunt around. This is a common function build into many macros. BTW, I highly recommend upgrading to SolidWorks 2007 sp3.0.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA

http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

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TheTick

Mechanical

Mar 5, 2003

10,194

Code:

Dim Today as String
Today = CStr(Month(Now)) & "/" & CStr(Day(Now)) & "/" & Right(CStr(Year(Now)), 2)
Part.CustomInfo2("", "DrawnDate") = Today

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-SolidWorks API VB programming help

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

• Thread starter
• #5

MFDO

Mechanical

Aug 10, 2005

217

Thanks Matt,
Is there a way of inserting the login name?

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

• #6

TheTick

Mechanical

Mar 5, 2003

10,194

Login name is something you would have to get from the Windows system. I think it requires Windows API calls. <

http://www.allapi.net>.

I've done it, but I would have to go look it up all over again. That means that I'm not going to and it will be faster for you to.

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

• #7

CorBlimeyLimey

Mechanical

Nov 5, 2003

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• Mar 14, 2007

• #8

fcsuper

Mechanical

Apr 20, 2006

2,204

If you are using your own custom property editor, I would suggest just having an external .ini that lists the contributors. I have a sample property editor on my site that provides a quick and dirty method for this within the macro - no external references -(

http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=7).

Problem with using login names is that they tend not to be in human understandable terms. (does jsenji mean "J. Senji", "Jsenji" or "Jsenj I."?)

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA

http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

• #9

engAlright

Mechanical

Jun 12, 2003

240

You can get login name from an environment variable "USERNAME" that holds the Windows login information:

Dim myUserName as String

myUserName = environ("USERNAME")

 

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• Mar 15, 2007

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MFDO

Mechanical

Aug 10, 2005

217

Please bear with me; I’m not good in API or any programming.

Is it possible to run these macros automatically when making new drawings?

 

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• Mar 15, 2007

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• #11

MFDO

Mechanical

Aug 10, 2005

217

I mean these macros to be part of the drawing templates!

 

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• Mar 15, 2007

• #12

fcsuper

Mechanical

Apr 20, 2006

2,204

Yes, but it's not convenient, and not necessary. You'll need to make an overall SolidWorks add-in that will keep track and active the necessary function at the right now. Very hard. Just assign keystrokes to them. Much easier and lets the user control when to use them.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA

http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php

 

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