Open Summary Report Created When Opening Assemblies

Optional Timer on Open Dialog Boxes

You can use the configurable timeout mechanism on some common dialog boxes to automatically dismiss them. This is useful if you open a large assembly that takes considerable time to open, and you need to perform other tasks while the SOLIDWORKS software opens the files. The timeout mechanism lets the tasks continue without you clicking OK in the dialog boxes.

To activate the optional timer:

1. Click Tools > Options > System Options > Messages/Errors/Warnings.
2. Select Dismiss reference/update dialog boxes when opening assemblies after: n seconds.
   You can change the number of seconds.
3. Click OK.

This option adds the timeout feature to these dialog boxes:

• Rebuild this document
• Missing Toolbox configuration (with or without auto-create option)
• Open External Referenced Documents
• Unable to locate file
• File has a non-matching internal ID
• Resolve components in lightweight drawings if units differ
• Update drawings sheets if out of date

Open Summary Report

When you open assemblies and assembly drawings, an Open Summary report collects dismissed warning and error messages. Viewing the Open Summary report can help you diagnose problems in an assembly. The report only applies to assemblies or assembly drawings that you open from disk.

The Open Summary report contains:

• Warning and error messages that you dismissed by clicking Don't show again, that timed out, or that were only informational.
• Components that could not be opened, along with the path and the reason they could not load.

To view the Open Summary report:

1. Click AssemblyXpert (Assembly toolbar) or Tools > AssemblyXpert.
2. In the AssemblyXpert dialog box, in Open Summary, click Show these Parts .

   You can view, print, or copy the report or save the list to a file.

3. Click Return to AssemblyXpert.