Auto file rename with solidworks and VB 1

[RonaldMasevon]

Hi,

I like to automate the renameing of solidworks files (numbers). I tried to do this with recorded "save as" code in VB but the references in solidworks drawings are then broken. Is there anny vb code with the "solidworks rename" type of rename?

Thanks
Ronald

 

[SnowCrash]

What I do manually tells me the drawings have to be open when you do the part or ass'y file save as . . .
The reference then updates, but you also have to do a drawing file save as . . .
Can the part file reference in the drawing file be changed with a VB program?? hmmm.

'thinks not = disappears'

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
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[RonaldMasevon]

Thanks Snowcrash,

I also had to rename the drw file but i did this with windows rename...
Now i first open the part and after that the drawing an then save as for both... it works! So thanks a lot!
Ronald

 

[TheTick]

To do this w/ API, you need to use the SW Document Manager object. This is advanced stuff you will not learn from recording macros. Also, the SWDM requires a license key. The license key is free but you must request one.