Dec 01
IMPORTANT: For instructions on updating your Toolbox to 2012, please read this article first - http://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2012/02/upgrading-toolbox-to-2012/
If SolidWorks is updated to a later service pack, you may find yourself in a situation when trying to use the Toolbox that it is failing with a message stating that the Toolbox database is “…not the expected version”, thereby preventing the use of the Toolbox. The common cause of this is when upgrading to a newer version of SolidWorks, the right Toolbox location is not “pointed to” during the SolidWorks installation process and therefore is missed during the upgrade process. This is more common with network shared Toolbox setups.
The solution is to update the Toolbox database using the UpdateBrowserData.exe utility found in C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\SolidWorks\ Toolbox\data utilities\.
See the image below to learn how to use this utility.
Oct 08
These instructions are intended to create a New Standard for additional tapped holes or other features in the SolidWorks Hole Wizard/Toolbox. The following instructions show the steps for adding a Metric Fine Tapped Hole Standard. These Metric Fine Threads can be found on Festo Sensors for example.
M5x.5 Tapped Hole
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Sep 12
If a Toolbox part was checked into a Workgroup PDM vault with option ‘allow check-in of documents’ checked under the Standard Libraries tab of the VaultAdmin Tool. That part will remain revision controlled even if the option is cleared later on. If you want to stop from having this part revision controlled, please do the following.
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Feb 07
All Toolbox parts have an internal file flag that sets them apart from regular SolidWorks parts. This flag enables SolidWorks to recognize them as standard parts and places a Toolbox icon beside them in the FeatureManager Design Tree. If you have created custom fasteners by copying files out of the Toolbox folders, these will still be recognized as a Toolbox part. As these are now stand-alone parts, SolidWorks will not need to search for the references within the Toolbox. Therefore you should remove the internal flag to avoid file reference conflicts.
- Browse to your SolidWorks installation folder (by default C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks)
- Within the installation folder, browse to Toolbox\data utilities
- Run sldsetdocprop.exe
- Add custom fastener files, set the Property State to No and click Apply
