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SOLIDWORKS Custom Properties

SOLIDWORKS Custom Properties technical tips and tutorials

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How to link a SOLIDWORKS Custom Property to Sketch Text [VIDEO]

The ability to link SOLIDWORKS custom property to an instance of Sketched Text within a drawing is a feature we…

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Adding SOLIDWORKS Custom Properties to your Parts using the BOM table

If you’ve ever dealt with legacy parts or imported parts, then you have probably experienced adding Custom Properties manually. In…

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Showing or switching SOLIDWORKS BOM Units [VIDEO]

NOTE: This article is relevant for SOLIDWORKS 2023 and prior.  SOLIDWORKS 2024 introduced new functionality to link custom properties to…

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Who Printed This SOLIDWORKS Drawing? And When? And Where is it Stored?

With computers, file management is comparatively easy to real life. Windows can tell you with the timestamp how old a…

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How to use the SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler to Modify Custom Properties

Let’s say I was recently given a project to work on and it was very similar to an old project….

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PDM – Using “Link to content” to Define custom file properties in Excel

With ECO’s/ECN’s, consistency of data input can be ensured by populating the ECO’s/ECN’s with Variables (Custom Properties) entered through Data Cards. These ECO’s/ECN’s are…

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A Macro to Link SOLIDWORKS Custom Property to Note

There are many different methods to link SOLIDWORKS custom properties and display them in different ways; for example a note…

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SOLIDWORKS Weldment Bounding Boxes

This functionality has been long time requested by SOLIDWORKS users like you, as a quick way to determine the smallest box you…

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SOLIDWORKS Property Tab Builder

If you haven’t heard of property tab builder in SolidWorks, it is utilized to define a list of properties to…

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How to link Custom Properties to your SOLIDWORKS Drawing Title Block

It can be advantageous to have fields in your SOLIDWORKS drawing title block auto-populate with information from the referenced part or assembly….

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