Profile Options

In the Profile Options tab of CustomOptions you can setup the options of CustomTools which applies with your currently active database profile.

Where to find the Profile Options:

Select the desired CustomTools product from the CustomTools Products box to display the further and the product specific instructions to find the Profile Options tab.

CustomTools Products:

CustomTools Profile Options:

			Available in
Options Node		Description	SOLIDWORKS Add-In	CustomTools Viewer	Administration Tool
Projects		Setup the default filenaming rules and the default CustomProperty values for the projects. These settings applies to all documents included to specific projects.	•	•	•
Sequences		Add automatic sequences e.g. for document numbering.	•	•	•
CustomProperties		Manage the CustomProperties which are available to define for your documents:	•	•	•
	Model Properties	CustomProperties related to the model documents (parts, assemblies).	•	•	•
	Drawing Properties	CustomProperties related to the drawing documents.	•	•	•
	Cut List Properties	Cut List related CustomProperties.	•	•	•
	Version Properties	Document revision related CustomProperties.	•	•	•
	Custom Scope Properties	CustomProperties that are used to write matrix data into the documents.	•	•	•
	Custom Entity Properties	The custom entities are data collections, which are used to centralize the customer specific data into the one place where it is easy to find.	•	•	•
	Custom Entity Settings	The Custom Entity Settings are options where you can define the data structure used to store the customer specific data into the database.	•	•	•
Lookup lists		Specifies the value collections which can be used e.g. as a source of the CustomProperty value.	•	•	•
Combination Properties		You can include more than one CustomProperty into the same combination.	•	•	•
	Model Combination	Model related CustomProperty combinations.	•	•	•
	Drawing Combination	Drawing related CustomProperty combinations.	•	•	•
	Weldment Combination	CustomProperty combinations of the weldment components.	•	•	•
RAL Color		Color settings which are based on the RAL Color System.	•	•	•
Color		User defined colors.	•	•	•
Batch Job		Set the drawing related CustomProperty where the component quantity is written to on the CustomTools batch operation.	•	•	•
	Print Properties	Options to setup the batch printing profiles and their related printer settings.	•	•	•
	Sheet Format Action	Options to setup the actions to perform for the drawing sheet format on the CustomTools batch job.	•
	Layer Definitions	Options to setup the visible/hidden drawing language layers on the CustomTools batch operation.	•
File Conversion		Options to setup the batch file conversion rules.	•
Database Search Groups		Options to create links to the external data sources as the Database Search Groups. The external data source links defined here can be used to retrieve key value pairs into the lookup lists. You can use these links also to create CustomProperties linked to the external data source.	•	•	•
Materials		Options to setup your CustomTools materials. Use these materials to set the component material in the CustomProperties.	•	•	•
Export Profiles		Options to setup the export profiles that could be used with the Export feature.	•	•	•
CNC Tool Options		Options to setup the CNCTool feature.	•	•	•
CoBox Options		Options to setup the CoBox feature.	•	•	•

Profile Options

Where to find the Profile Options:

CustomTools Profile Options:

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