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Drawing properties editor
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Drawing properties editor

Drawing properties editor

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There are tons of property editor macros floating around the internet. I can't seem to find the one I am looking for. Does anybody have a macro that edits the custom properties of a solidworks drawing file without opening the file?

ex. I have 10 drawing files in a directory. The drawings have a custom property "customer". It's value is "Home Depot". Now I want to run a macro or program to change "Home Depot" to "Lowes" for all 10 drawings at once.

I have read prevous topics, but I have not seen what I am looking for. Can Anybody help me?

RE: Drawing properties editor

http://trimechsolutions.com/tech_resources.html

This utility doesn't actually allow you to change the cutom property, but you can delete it and then add it again with a new value.  It works outside of solidworks and is fast.  I use this one all the time during our drawing release process to fill in the checkers, reviewers and release dates on an entire design package.  I delete the custom property and then add it back with the appropriate name or date.  Works swell.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

RE: Drawing properties editor

If the files are not configuration-specific, you could just edit the properties in Windows Explorer.  Right-click the file, select "Properties", go to the "Custom" tab.

RE: Drawing properties editor

I use the Propagator to do this very thing. There is an "Express Processing" check box on it that allows you to alter the properties without opening the files.

Boottmills
 

RE: Drawing properties editor

there was an excellent tool to do this but unfortunately the company that wrote it was bought by Home Depot and now it no longer works as you describe.

RE: Drawing properties editor

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ex. I have 10 drawing files in a directory. The drawings have a custom property "customer". It's value is "Home Depot". Now I want to run a macro or program to change "Home Depot" to "Lowes" for all 10 drawings at once.

The one I use for this is PropertyEditorGlobal from Leonard Kikstra.  It let's you easily build rules and then apply it to all of the models in a folder.  

I prefer this one because most of the other macros do not modify config-specific properties on part and assembly models.   That won't matter on a drawing file, but this one can modify any and all properties.

http://www.lennyworks.com/solidworks/default.asp?ID=20


 

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