Drawing properties editor 3

[sirbartoo]

There are tons of property editor macros floating around the internet. I can't seem to find the one I am looking for. Does anybody have a macro that edits the custom properties of a solidworks drawing file without opening the file?

ex. I have 10 drawing files in a directory. The drawings have a custom property "customer". It's value is "Home Depot". Now I want to run a macro or program to change "Home Depot" to "Lowes" for all 10 drawings at once.

I have read prevous topics, but I have not seen what I am looking for. Can Anybody help me?

 

[ShaggyPE]

http://trimechsolutions.com/tech_resources.html

This utility doesn't actually allow you to change the cutom property, but you can delete it and then add it again with a new value. It works outside of solidworks and is fast. I use this one all the time during our drawing release process to fill in the checkers, reviewers and release dates on an entire design package. I delete the custom property and then add it back with the appropriate name or date. Works swell.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

faq559-1429

 

[TheTick]

If the files are not configuration-specific, you could just edit the properties in Windows Explorer. Right-click the file, select "Properties", go to the "Custom" tab.

 

[boottmills]

I use the Propagator to do this very thing. There is an "Express Processing" check box on it that allows you to alter the properties without opening the files.

Boottmills

 

[pierdesign]

there was an excellent tool to do this but unfortunately the company that wrote it was bought by Home Depot and now it no longer works as you describe.

 

[fcsuper]

I would recommend not buying a property editor unless you have some special needs. There's plenty of free ones that can be used with some or little modification, depending on your own particular needs:

http://www.lennyworks.com

http://sw.fcsuper.com

and even the 3DCC now.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[smcadman]

ex. I have 10 drawing files in a directory. The drawings have a custom property "customer". It's value is "Home Depot". Now I want to run a macro or program to change "Home Depot" to "Lowes" for all 10 drawings at once.

The one I use for this is PropertyEditorGlobal from Leonard Kikstra. It let's you easily build rules and then apply it to all of the models in a folder.

I prefer this one because most of the other macros do not modify config-specific properties on part and assembly models. That won't matter on a drawing file, but this one can modify any and all properties.

http://www.lennyworks.com/solidworks/default.asp?ID=20

Flores