Export profiles are used to specify instructions for exporting the document structure to external data sources. CustomTools provides the Export command for exporting document structures.
The Export Profile options are located in the CustomTools Profile Options.
Select the desired CustomTools product from the CustomTools Products box to display the further and the product specific instructions to find the Export Profile options.
| CustomTools Products: |
| New | Create a new export profile. |
| Edit | Edit an existing profile. |
| Delete | Remove the selected profile. |
The profile fields determines the values that are retrieved from the SOLIDWORKS documents on the CustomTools Export operation. You can retrieve the values from the SOLIDWORKS document properties, CustomTools CustomProperties or, the custom Value. The custom value is same on all document rows in the structure.
| New | Creates a new export profile field. |
| Edit | Edit selected field. |
| Delete | Removes the selected field. |
CustomTools example profile based on the Machinery design template contains the following structure export profiles that you can use with the CustomTools Export feature:
| Profile name | Description | Output path and filename |
|---|---|---|
| CustomTools Raw structure | Export profile to create an XML file from the structure of the selected SOLIDWORKS model. | <Source Document Path>\<Source Document Filename>_<Current Date>.xml |
| Excel report | Export profile to create Excel table from the SOLIDWORKS model structure. | <Source Document Path>\<Source Document Filename>.xlsx |