The CUSTOMTOOLS Properties Wizard is a simplified tool for creating Properties for storing the meta data from your SOLIDWORKS documents into the CUSTOMTOOLS Database.
With a CUSTOMTOOLS Profile that does not have any Properties already defined on the Model or Drawing scope, you can open the Easy Implementation Property Wizard from the CUSTOMTOOLS Model Properties and Drawing Properties options by clicking the Launch Wizard button.
| NOTE: If your CUSTOMTOOLS Profile alredy has one or more Properties defined in the Model or Drawing Properties, the Easy Implementation Property Wizard cannot be used to add more Properties to the profile. In that case, you can add new Properties using the traditional CUSTOMTOOLS Property Wizard instead. |
When Model Property Wizard is launched for active document, it (and its possible components) will be automatically added to the Source Documents list.
Creating the Properties by the SOLIDWORKS documents, the following amount of source documents are recommended. Please note that the source document types depends on the scope you are creating the Properties to.
At least one document is always required. If document count is below recommendations for Model Property Wizard, CUSTOMTOOLS will not try to distinguish Part and Assembly scope properties.
| Parts (*.sldprt) | At least 2-20 pieces of SOLIDWORKS Part documents (*.sldprt) are recommended when the Properties are being created into the CUSTOMTOOLS Model Properties scope. |
| Assemblies (*.sldasm) | At least 2-20 pieces of SOLIDWORKS Assembly documents (*.sldasm) are recommended when the Properties are being created into the CUSTOMTOOLS Model Properties scope. |
| Drawings (*.slddrw) | At least 2-20 pieces of SOLIDWORKS Drawing documents (*.slddrw) are needed when the Properties are being created into the CUSTOMTOOLS Drawing Properties scope. |
The source documents could be added one by one or you can use the Add Folder button to add all suitable SOLIDWORKS Documents from the selected folder into to the Wizard to read the existing properties from.
| Add Files | Select individual files. Use the Add Files feature to add individual files to the wizard to read the Properties from. |
| Add Folder | Select the source folder to look for the SOLIDWORKS Documents from. Use the Add Folder feature to add all suitable SOLIDWORKS documents from the selected folder to the wizard to read the Properties from. |
| Add Recent | Add all suitable SOLIDWORKS documents from the SOLIDWORKS Most Recently Used files list. |
| Remove | Remove selected file from the list. Use the Remove feature to remove the selected files from the wizard. |