we face a similar issue with our vault. image quality is a per document property, so you have to save it with the file. you could have it temporary set without saving if the file is fully loaded (i.e. has its own window open inside solidworks), but you can do it for a limited amount of data (less than 50 files iirc ) as solidwotks will go out of memory. this is one of the reasons to set a conpany standard (e.g. same image quality when adding a new catalog part to the vault) Statistics: Posted by mp3-250 — Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:08 pm ..read more

Yes you need to have write access to the files as you will be changing and then saving the files. Statistics: Posted by gupta9665 — Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:36 pm ..read more

Long time since my last posts! Can I assign custom properties to individual weldment profiles? For instance, we have some extrusion profiles and I plan to create some custom wedment profiles for them. I'd like to indicate maximum lengths for the different extrusions, but don't know if I can add that info to the weldment files. SW 2022 Thanx Statistics: Posted by m2shell — Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:45 pm ..read more

Foo shows up rather frequently in the programming world, not a surprise if surfaced in a message dialog. Statistics: Posted by bnemec — Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:23 pm ..read more

The FooOK ing command Statistics: Posted by AlexLachance — Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:29 pm ..read more

Love that we can open a drawing from the BOM on the sheet now... Unfortunately, I can't right click and open the drawing of a part in the drawing view. It seems to be broken. Odd, it seems to work for me...? image.png Statistics: Posted by AlexLachance — Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:25 pm ..read more

Love that we can open a drawing from the BOM on the sheet now... Unfortunately, I can't right click and open the drawing of a part in the drawing view. It seems to be broken. Statistics: Posted by IndianaDave — Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:34 pm ..read more

Better to leave off the threads in the main configuration. Thanks for ringing in on this and completely agree with you about that. But if the target audience/user base don't see the threads/features when the part is opened or inserted, confusion sets in. Yes, a training/instructing/experience issue, but in some long standing groups the approach is deemed incorrect. Not many stop to sharpen their axe. Statistics: Posted by DeanD — Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:34 pm ..read more

I have done this in the past, but there is a manual update if filenames change. I assign a property called "Material" in my part that is set to the SolidWorks material. I then may put a property in my assembly called "Material". It gets set to "SW-Material@<partname>.SLDPRT". This will bring the text material name to the assembly. I can then show that material on a drawing using the property name. Would that get you what you need? Or can you force the table to use the part rather than the assembly for that piece of information? Statistics: Posted by CarrieIves — Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:38 pm ..read more

Here it is an example where it works. I'm able to copy-paste the Material Property from Part to Assembly. For the moment I can't replicate the situation when it doesn't work!! Statistics: Posted by Eugen — Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:38 pm ..read more