Reporting
View project information and save the information to an output file.
To create reports:
Do one of the following:
On
the File Explorer tab in the SolidWorks
Task Pane, click Reporting
.
In
the SolidWorks Explorer client, click Reporting
on the toolbar.
In
the vault view in SolidWorks or the SolidWorks Explorer client, right-click
and select Reporting.
In the dialog box, browse to the top level project
or document to use for the report.
Select the output options as described in Output window Options
and organize the columns as described in Column
Headers below.
To save the information to file, click Output to File.
The Reporting dialog box includes
three sections.
Select top level
item from VaultView. Displays the projects and files in the vault.
Select the top level project or file to include in the report. All files
underneath the selected item are included in the report.
Output window
options. Select options to control the output window display.
Output window.
Organizes information on the files you select from the VaultView.
View data about the projects and files.
Select Data
You can create a report based on the contents of a project, a group
of related files such as the components in an assembly, or an individual
file.
To select data for a report:
-
In the vault view, select the project
or files.
Select the highest level item that you want to include in the report.
For example, to capture data for an entire project, select the project
name or icon.
In Output window options,
if Output window update is not
set to Automatic, Refresh
appears when you change the document selection.
Click Update
to refresh the Output window and display the data for the selected documents.
Click Output to file.
Window Output Options
To control what appears in the Output
window, do the following:
Indent document
name. Increases the indentation for each level of items.
Show file types.
Filters which file types are displayed. Select All,
SolidWorks Only, nonSolidWorks
Only, and so on from the list.
Levels start
with. Choose 0 or 1 for the first level identification.
Each level of indentation increments the level number.
Output window
update. Select Automatic
to update the display automatically when you make a change, such as selecting
a different project or document. If cleared, you can click Update
to update the display manually.
Revision.
Select a revision from the list. The selected revision is listed in the
Revision column. The most recent
revision is indicated by [latest].
Config.
Select a configuration from the list. The selected configuration is listed
in the Configuration column. All
configurations for the specified revision are listed in the Configs
column. The current configuration is indicated by [in
use].
You must specify a Revision for Config
to be available.
Column Headers
To organize the columns in the Output
window, drag column headers to reposition the headings and contents
of the columns, and right-click to access menu items such as:
Hide Column
Unhide Column
Unhide All
Save Header State
Restore Last
Saved
Restore Default State
Find/Select