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Assigning buttons to Macros

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Jamaz17

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en20248, I just read the post on the macro trouble you were having. How do you assign buttons to existing macros? I'm just learning about macro's thanks for any help.

-James
 
James,
Look in SolidWorks help under
"Assign a Macro to a Shortcut Key or Menu"

Bradley
 
Jamas,
Go to search of this forum, type "dissolve shortcut" and you will find an explanation how to do it.
I copy and paste part of it for you:

You must record a macro first. After you have successfully completed creating the macro, go to:
TOOLS->Customize->Commands. Select "macros" from the list to show the icons for the macro toolbar (make sure your macro toolbar is showing first). Drag the icon that has a person's head with a green arrow out into the macro toolbar. When you release the mouse, a dialog box will pop up where you can assign which macro to use for the new icon. You'll see a field to enter a shortcut at the bottom of that dialog box. Once you've done this and tested it out, you can then hide your macro toolbar and just rely on the shortcut (mine is "D" for dissolve sub-assembly).
 
en has it right. To edit a macro button just open an existing one in MS Paint, you can paint it all up the way you like and save it in the folder where the macro is located, this makes it easier to find it later.
 
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