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[lyle426]

Hi,
I was setting up my drawing sheets and came across a little problem. The 'Created Date' is a mile long. Is there any way to insert a short date as the created date? Is there a way to mofify the macro that extracts this informations. Actually is there a way to modify any of the SW links?

Thanks!

 

[SBaugh]

Your probably better off typing it in manually because if you use the short date in a note (link icon under text format of the proeprty manager) it uses the most recent date.

WHich means that if you open the file 10 days form today it will show you the date for that day and not when it was created. You will either to type it in like I mentioned above or make room for the created date.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[CADGemini]

lyle426,

Note: doing this affects your entire system. so word documents, etc. will be affected by this change. Otherwise use Scott's suggestion.

Solidworks uses your systems global setting to enter long or short dates. To modify these so that solidworks always puts in the date as you want it to read you have to go to Start-Control Panel-Date,Time, Language and Regional Options-Regional and Language Options.

Once you are there you will see your current setting for long and short date formats. Click on customize.. and apply the format to the dates in a way that you want to read them.

I had to do this at one company I worked for because they had a date format that read "day/month/year". Setting my sytem like I have discussed helped keep everyone keep the format straight.

Best Regards,
Jon

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[ctopher]

I type the date manually for reasons stated above.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

I use the DrawnDate pulled from Custom configuration property of a part or assy. System date is set to yyyy-mm-dd.


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[rgrayclamps]

Could you elaborate your advice? How do you link your "DrawnDate" to the "System date"?

Thanks,

Alex

 

[CADGemini]

rgrayclamps,

read my post above to find out how to change system date.

Best Regards,
Jon

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

You do not link "DrawnDate" to the "System date". As jksolid pointed out, the system date format is set in Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language options > Customize > Date. As the name suggests, it will affect the date format used by any & all programs used on your system.


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[aamoroso]

Jk and Cor hit the nail on the head, I use macros to enter dates for revisions, drawn date, approved date.... I had the same problems until I discovered the solution they are talking about.

 

[rgrayclamps]

Hi, jksolid:

But you can not use either "Long date" or "Short date" in your drawing document, cann't you? As SBaugh pointed out, "Long date" or "Short date" in SolidWorks is for current date.

Alex

 

[CADGemini]

rgrayclamps,

"Created Date" uses the systems LONG DATE format. The revision table uses the systems SHORT DATE format. If you would like to change the appearance of how these two areas are displayed you need to change your system options as discussed. Or if you so desire you could type it in manually.

Solidworks also has property fields called "SW-Short Date" and "SW-Long Date" which also use the systems setting for each accordingly.

If all else fails have someone else do it.

Best Regards,
Jon

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[ctopher]

I standardized on all our users manually typing the dates. If we change the dates as suggested above on everyone's pc's, it affects other software also. We have had dwgs created with dates manually and auto and confused others when they were actually created.

Chris
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