Add new custom properties or modify existing custom properties in SOLIDWORKS documents.
To specify custom properties to add or modify:
- Click in the first row in the Name column.
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Select an existing custom property name from the list, or type a new name.
Material, Weight, DrawnDate, MakeOrBuy, and CompanyName are a few examples of the many custom property names that are predefined in SOLIDWORKS documents.
In a SOLIDWORKS part, assembly, or drawing document, click to see the entire list of existing custom property names for that document. See Summary Info - Custom and Configuration Specific in the SOLIDWORKS Online User's Guide for more information on working with Custom Properties in SOLIDWORKS documents.
- Press Tab to move to the Type column, and select a custom property type (Text,
Date,
Number,
Yes or no).
- Press Tab to move to the Value column, and type a custom property value.
| Type |
Value |
|---|
| Text |
Type any text.
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| Date |
Type a date in mm/dd/yyyy format. For example, enter July 26, 2004 as 07/26/2004.
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| Number |
Type any numerical value.
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| Yes or no |
Type yes or no (not case sensitive).
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- Press Tab to move to the Configuration column. If the custom property that you are adding or modifying affects configurations within the SOLIDWORKS document, type the configuration name. Otherwise, leave blank.
- Click in the next row in the Name column, and repeat steps 2 through 5 for each custom property that you want to add or modify.
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Click Finish.
The task and its title, scheduled time, scheduled date, and status appear in the
Tasks panel. The status of the task is
Scheduled.
To run a scheduled task, your computer must be on at the scheduled start time. The
SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler window does not need to be open. If your computer is off at the scheduled start time, the task runs when you turn your computer on.
At the scheduled start time, the task is initiated. If the task acts on more than one file, a sub-task is generated for each file. If you selected Backup task files in Task Options, a backup copy of each file is saved to a .zip file. Then the custom properties in each file are updated. When the task completes, the status changes to Completed.
After the task completes, click Completed to see the SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler Report.
If your backup files include Unicode file paths, use a zip file extraction application that supports UTF-8 encoding.