Object
You can embed an OLE object from another program into the active SolidWorks
document. You can:
Open another program from within SolidWorks and
create a new object.
Insert an existing file.
Embed or
link the object.
Edit an
object in its original application from within SolidWorks.
Display
objects in front of or behind annotations and dimensions.
To
create a new OLE Object:
Click Insert,
Object.
In the dialog box, select Create
New.
In the Object
Type box, click the type of document you want to create (for example,
Microsoft Excel Worksheet). Only documents from OLE-compliant applications
that are installed on your computer appear in the list.
Select Display
As Icon for the new object to appear as an icon.
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Click OK. A new document
appears inside the active document. The toolbars and menus for this new
document appear in place of the SolidWorks toolbars and menus.
If you chose Display As Icon,
an icon appears in your SolidWorks document, and the parent application
opens in another window.
Edit the object as though you were working in
the parent application.
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When you finish editing, click in the SolidWorks document window
anywhere outside the embedded object. The SolidWorks toolbars and menus
become available again.
If you chose Display As Icon,
click File, Exit
or File, Close
& Return to <part_name> in the parent application.
To insert an existing file as an OLE
object:
Click Insert,
Object.
In the dialog box, select Create
from File.
Click Browse,
locate a file, and click Open.
Select from the following:
If you select both options, the new object
is displayed as an icon, and the software creates a shortcut to the original
document. If you select neither, the new object is displayed in the SolidWorks
document, but it is not linked.
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Click OK to insert the file.
To change the display of the OLE object,
click Edit,
Object, ,
,
or .
To view the object properties, right-click the object and select Properties.
To edit an OLE object with its application:
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Right-click the OLE object and select Edit
with <application_name>.
The OLE object opens in its parent application, such as Visio, Microsoft
Word, or Microsoft Excel.
Edit the OLE object, then close it and return
to the SolidWorks document.
To display objects behind or
on top of annotations and dimensions:
Right-click the object and
select Send To Back or Bring
To Front.