Adding Custom Properties To add custom properties: Click in the first blank cell under Property Name, then type a name or choose one from the list. Select a Type from the list. To move between cells in the table, press Tab or Enter, or click in the cell you want to move to. Under Value / Text Expression, enter a value for the custom property that is compatible with the selection in the Type cell. For Value / Text Expression, you can type values, or you can select values from the list, which contains: SOLIDWORKS parameters (Mass, Density, and so on) Global variables If you add a date (for example, DrawnDate), as a custom property, the software does not require you to type a date for Value / Expression. However, if you do not type a date, Microsoft interprets the empty field as 1/1/1800 when you view the document's custom properties in Windows Explorer. Press Tab or Enter. The value of the property displays under Evaluated Value. Parent topicSummary Information - Custom and Configuration Specific