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Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

(OP)
For some reason after renaming drawings, one of custom properties (Description) disappears from the list, I get empty field.
Any Idea why?

Thank you,

Boris.

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

I have the same problem, for some reason on random occasions during editing a part the Description field just goes blank. (SW2013) What's up with that?

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

I have not seen this happen. Is the description linked to something that gets broken?

Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks '15
ctophers home
SolidWorks Legion

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

(OP)
I don't know.
Where it might be?

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Double-click the text before it disappears, does it show any type of link?

Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks '15
ctophers home
SolidWorks Legion

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

I can tell you in my case there is no link. It is pure manual text. And the DESCRIPTION field is the only one this happens in. Freaky. Could there be some confusion between a Windows file property and the SW file property?

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

When you mean "DESCRIPTION field", is it the description that is filled out on the drawing, or only the properties field?

Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks '15
ctophers home
SolidWorks Legion

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

The Description field in our drawing title block is directly linked to the Description property of the part.

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Then the link is getting broken for the property value.
Rename files using SolidWorks Explorer.

You can dbl-click the text, then re-link it using the link button at the left...above font data.

Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks '15
ctophers home
SolidWorks Legion

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

ctopher - Thank you, but that's not the problem we have. Its not that the description text just disappears from the drawing but is still in the part property. In the part, the text in the Description property field just disappears seemingly for no reason. Sometimes I have seen it happen when manipulating configurations.

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

I was having the same problem until I installed this Hotfix for SP4 - which can be found in this Solution ID at the SW knowledge base S-070177.

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
Gryphon Environmental
www.2gryphon.com

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RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Thanks! If and when my employer might see fit to resume maintenance payments I might get access. Until then? I'll move on...

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Maybe I am wrong, but I thought the Knowledge base was open to anyone on or off subs... also if you are not aware SW has changed their subscription policy at the beginning of this year Check out this thread559-392307: New Subscription Policy or if you have a few days check out the one on the SW forum site. I know that you can access without Subs.

Hope that helps,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
Gryphon Environmental
www.2gryphon.com

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RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

You must be on subscription to access the knowledge base. See attached.

Anna Wood
SW2014 SP2, Windows 7 x64

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Did you try to register the product? That should make some of those locks go away.

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
Gryphon Environmental
www.2gryphon.com

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RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

(OP)
Thank you, everyone.
Installed SP5, it fixed the problem.

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

BorisJacob, What version of SW are you running?

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

(OP)
Now SW 2015, SP5, before- SP0

RE: Custom property disappears after drawing renaming

Well mine was fixed for a while after going to SP5, but I renamed a bunch of files today while I was in SW and the assemblies were open. All the file description were reset. This is a PITA and I don't think its entirely fixed. Maybe SP5 reset the issue to reoccur at a later date... I lost over 50 file descriptions and I don't have any history of what they were.

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
Gryphon Environmental
www.2gryphon.com

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