Design Journal
A document called Design Journal.doc
is embedded in SolidWorks documents. The document has
the following properties:
Appears in the Design
Binder folder in the FeatureManager design tree.
Is a Microsoft Word®
document.
Resembles an engineering journal, with headings
for File Name, Description,
and Material. These fields are
linked to document properties and updated whenever the journal is opened.
File Name is the actual file name
and Description and Material
are SolidWorks document custom properties.
Appears initially as <Empty>,
a designation that disappears when you activate the journal.
Is added to the SolidWorks file when you activate
it, so the SolidWorks file size is not affected unless you activate the
journal.
Accepts both text and embedded images.
Can be deleted, in which case it is again listed
as <Empty>.
Can be printed.
You must have Microsoft Word
on your computer to use the design journal.
To edit the design journal:
In the FeatureManager design tree, double-click
Design Journal.doc in the Design Binder folder .
To view the Design Journal
when the Design Binder folder is not visible, right-click the part, assembly,
or drawing and click Hidden Tree Items,
Design Binder, Design
Journal.doc, Open.
Type text, paste in images, format text, and so
on.
In Microsoft Office®
2002, you can drag images from the clipboard. In other versions of Microsoft
Office, use the Paste command
to paste in the image from the active window in SolidWorks. You can also
paste in images from screen capture software, image editing software,
and so on.
Close the journal.
Changes are saved automatically.
You can attach
other documents to SolidWorks documents by adding them to the Design
Binder folder .
Design Journal Template
You can specify the file location
for the design template in Tools,
Options, System
Options, File
Locations. In Show folders for,
select Design Journal Template
to add or delete a location. The default journal template folder is <install_dir>\lang\<language>\.
To edit the design journal template:
On the
File Explorer tab of the Task
Pane, under <install_dir>\lang\<language>\,
open journal.doc.
Edit the
document in Microsoft Word.
Save and
close the document.
Your changes
appear when you open a new
embedded Design Journal.doc in
a SolidWorks document.