Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
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I have my home system setup just the way I want it, including Toolbox. I have saved the settings for this home setup with the Settings Wizard.
Now I want to replicate my work settings on my home computer, but keep it separate from the home settings including Toolbox. It is easy to run the Settings Wizard files for work or home, but my question is how to setup two separate toolboxes so I do not get cross contamination.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
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Now I want to replicate my work settings on my home computer, but keep it separate from the home settings including Toolbox. It is easy to run the Settings Wizard files for work or home, but my question is how to setup two separate toolboxes so I do not get cross contamination.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
- - -Updraft






RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
What is the best way to set this up?
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
You will also need to place the TB locations EXACTLY the same on both machines or you will get further problems about "file location", "can't find "X" file" stuff like that.
Some companies don't change the master database of files and instead they copy the fasteners to the working directory of the project and that might make it easier when transporting files from one place or another. Problem with that is your Master DB will never grow as you use the DB. Meaning it will never remember the last configuration you used. You can configure the TB to make all the standard configurations for you, but anything customized will not be in there.
Hope this helps,
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
I am not worried about the Work TB parts not existing on my home machine. When this type of thing happens, i.e., an assy is calling out a TB part that doesn't exist, I am prompted to allow TB to create it. Besides, the way I have TB setup is to have it create all the fasteners as separate part files and I have the option with Pack and Go to include them or not when creating a folder of files to take home. The important thing here is to make sure my Work toolbox at home has the same database of definitions of our company standards that have been painstakingly established.
So, back to my original question: How to properly setup two independent installations of SWX, particularly with two independent Toolboxes?
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
Cheers,
Anna Wood
Anna Built Workstation, Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 gigs of RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gig SSD
SW2010 SP0, Windows 7
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
Michael
RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
The problem you will have is if you don't get that option. Toolbox was not really designed to work over 2 computers on 2 different networks. This is going to make it much harder... outside of that there is no real solution other than what has been given when it comes to setting it up.
Just make sure the path is excatly the same for both work and home.
Regards,
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RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
Alternatively, since these and many other settings are saved in the current user portion of the registry, you could create a separate user account on the computer and log into that when you wanted to use the work toolbox.
PersonalToolbox.reg
CODE
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\ExtReferences]
"Document Folders"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Personal\\Browser"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\General]
"Toolbox Data Location"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Personal\\"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\SolidWorks Toolbox Browser]
"CopyFileDirectory"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Personal\\Created Parts"
WorkToolbox.reg
CODE
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\ExtReferences]
"Document Folders"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Work\\Browser"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\General]
"Toolbox Data Location"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Work\\"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\SolidWorks Toolbox Browser]
"CopyFileDirectory"="C:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks 2008\\Toolbox Work\\Created Parts"
RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
there is also a method of updating the toolbox to 2010 or whatever release you are on using your existing database file.
Install Path|Toolbox|data utilities|UpdateBrowserData.exe
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Michael
RE: Alternate Setups, Alternate Toolboxes?
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