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 from. The customer specific data, stored into the custom entity properties, are managed by the Custom Entity Settings.
The data managed by the custom entities are stored only into the database. The entity data can be used to search documents, but any of the custom entity data are not shown in the SOLIDWORKS document properties.
The Custom Entity Property 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 Custom Entity Property options.
| CUSTOMTOOLS Products: |
| Add Group | Add new group for custom entity properties. |
| Add |
Create a new Custom Entity Property. The custom entity properties are created with the same wizard as the other kind of custom properties.
Set the SetEntityData as the button function of the property used to act as the link into the customer data. |
| Edit | Edit selected property. |
| Delete | Removes the selected property. |
All the Property Groups must have at least one Property. If the Property Group is empty when you are about to exit the CUSTOMTOOLS Options, you are prompted to create at least one Property under each empty property group.
You can select the properties' information show in the properties list. Most of the following items are hidden by default. Right-click any of the properties list headers and select the desired item from the context menu to show it in the list. Right-click any of the properties list headers and clear selection of the desired item from the context menu to hide it from the list.
| Attribute Name | The attribute name used to direct the reference data into the correct place in the database. |
| Label | The caption used in the Properties pane to regonize the different properties. |
| Type | Type of the custom property. The type determines what kind of input is used to set the value for the property. |
| Tooltip | Tooltip text of the property. The tooltip text appears on the property when you hover the mouse pointer over the property field in the Properties pane. |
| Database Search Group | Name of the Database Search Group the selected property is linked to. |
| Database Column | A column in the Database Search Group to retrieve value to the selected property from. |
| Enable in Search | Shows whether the property is enabled in the CUSTOMTOOLS Search feature. Properties Enabled in Search appears in the CUSTOMTOOLS Search pane for using them as the search conditions while looking for some specific files from the CUSTOMTOOLS database. |