"Rebuild Done" sound alert? 1

[ERT]

Hi all,

Does anyone know of an add-in or external program that will give an audible alarm when SW is done a rebuild?

I know that they have a beep for collision detection, but I cannot find any other sound option.

I hope that someone has written a shareware add-in, or maybe someone has heard of a CPU usage monitor that can do the same task.

Working with surfaces, the rebuilds can take a while so it would be nice to get a beep when done.

Regards,

ERT

 

[handleman]

ERT:
Give this one a try. It's a macro, not an add-in, so you can tweak it as you like.

When run it will ask if you want a message box notification or just a beep. Then it will monitor your SW session for the RegenComplete event on parts, drawings, and assemblies and notify you with the method you've chosen.

There are two options for stopping the macro without exiting SolidWorks. The first option is a small user form with one button to stop monitoring. This will be the behavior as-downloaded. The other option is to ask you at each change of the active document whether or not you wish to continue monitoring. To use this exit method you will need to edit the main() sub and comment/uncomment as indicated there.

Hope you enjoy!

http://quick.dropfiles.net/download.php?file=b7ae1ec12ffaf1e35499178eee490944

 

[ERT]

Thanks handleman!

I have changed the Windows "default beep" to TADA.wav for the full effect.

In case anyone is wondering, this is not just for the joy of it. I am doing surfacing work on two computers in parallel.

Regards,

ERT