If SOLIDWORKS Toolbox is installed, SOLIDWORKS includes a standard library of hole types and hardware.
For details about configuring, extending, and using SOLIDWORKS Toolbox,
click in SOLIDWORKS.
To view this help, you might have to
start the Toolbox add-in, using .
Before using a SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, make sure it is properly configured
according to your company or group policy. In many cases, a group will configure and
maintain a central Toolbox. Check with the SOLIDWORKS administrator for guidance on how to
specify a Toolbox during SOLIDWORKS installation.
You can change the selected SOLIDWORKS Toolbox after installation. In
SOLIDWORKS, click . On the System Options tab, click
Hole Wizard/Toolbox.
The following sections describe all options you can encounter on this
screen for all configurations. The actual Toolbox options you see depends on the
pre-existing SOLIDWORKS and Toolbox configurations on this computer and SOLIDWORKS
Installation Manager choices you have specified to this point.
Create a New new-version Toolbox
Create a new version of SOLIDWORKS Toolbox on this computer.
When you create a new version, in the Product Selection screen, expand
SOLIDWORKS > SOLIDWORKS Toolbox and
select which standards to support for the Toolbox. All standards are selected by
default.
Any existing Toolboxes on this computer are not modified.
Reference or Upgrade an Existing Toolbox
Use an existing Toolbox. Click Browse to specify the
location of the Toolbox you want to use with this installation.
- If the Toolbox is configured for a previous SOLIDWORKS major release
version, it is upgraded to this version. Any customizations made to that Toolbox are
preserved in the upgraded Toolbox.
Upgrading a
Toolbox to a new SOLIDWORKS major release version makes that Toolbox incompatible with
computers running prior major release SOLIDWORKS versions.
- If the Toolbox is configured for this SOLIDWORKS version (as might be
the case if you specify a shared network Toolbox that has already been upgraded), no
upgrade to that Toolbox occurs.
- If you are upgrading a Toolbox in a SOLIDWORKS PDM environment, additional procedures are required. For details,
see Notes About Configuring SOLIDWORKS Toolbox.
This option appears in all installation scenarios except creating an
administrative image.
Upgrade a previous-version Toolbox
Copy a Toolbox configured for a previous major release version to a new
location and upgrade that copy to this version.
This option appears if a previous SOLIDWORKS major release version is
installed on this computer, but you have chosen not to upgrade that installation to this
release.
The purpose of this option is to upgrade a Toolbox for a
previous major release SOLIDWORKS version that is installed without impacting users that
are using the older version of Toolbox.
If you are upgrading a Toolbox in a SOLIDWORKS PDM environment, additional procedures are required. For details, see
Notes About Configuring SOLIDWORKS Toolbox.
Upgrade This Installed previous-version
Toolbox
Upgrade this Toolbox to the newer version.
Upgrading a Toolbox to a new SOLIDWORKS major release version makes that
Toolbox incompatible with computers running prior major release SOLIDWORKS
versions.
This option appears if you are upgrading a previous SOLIDWORKS major
release version to this version and a Toolbox configured for that release is found on this
computer.
If you are upgrading a Toolbox in a SOLIDWORKS PDM environment, additional procedures are required. For details, see
Notes About Configuring SOLIDWORKS Toolbox.
Use the Installed current-version Toolbox
SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager has detected on this computer a Toolbox
configured for this SOLIDWORKS major release version.
If you select this option, SOLIDWORKS will use this Toolbox. No upgrade
occurs.
This option appears if a previous SOLIDWORKS major release version is
installed on this computer, but a Toolbox is configured for this version. This might occur
if a shared Toolbox is created on a computer that is still running an older SOLIDWORKS
version.
Specify the Toolbox Location for the Client Computer
Specify a network or directory location as the default Toolbox location
when clients install from an administrative image.
If the
location contains a Toolbox configured for a previous SOLIDWORKS major release version at
the time the client installation occurs, SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager upgrades that
Toolbox.
This option appears when you are creating a new administrative image.
Upgrade or Use the Toolbox Referenced in the Existing Image for the
Client Computer
Use the Toolbox location specified in an existing administrative image you
are updating.
If the location contains a Toolbox configured for a
previous SOLIDWORKS major release version at the time the client installation occurs,
SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager upgrades that Toolbox.
Select a Different Toolbox Location for the Client Computer
Specify a different Toolbox location from that specified in an existing
administrative image you are updating.
If the location contains a
Toolbox configured for a previous SOLIDWORKS major release version at the time the client
installation occurs, SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager upgrades that Toolbox.