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System Options and Document Properties

You can get and set SOLIDWORKS system options and document properties (also called user preferences) using SOLIDWORKS API enumerators and methods.

To determine which enumerator corresponds with which system option or document property, you can:

  • change a system or document setting in the user interface while recording a macro. Then edit the macro to identify the name and value of the enumerator that corresponds to the setting you just changed and to also identify the name of the method used to change (i.e., set) it. See the System Options and Document Properties Get/Set Methods table in this topic for a list of methods that get and set system-option and document-property enumerators.

    - or -

  • locate the system option or document property in the SOLIDWORKS user interface and click the link that corresponds to it in the Settings and Enumerators table in this topic. Each link opens a topic that contains a:

    • screen shot of the user-interface dialog or menu corresponding to that system option or document property.

    • table containing all of the settings for that system option or document property and the enumerator and methods that get or set it.

Remember to reset any option or property back to its original state after the operation completes. System-option settings persist across SOLIDWORKS sessions.

Settings and Enumerators

NOTE: Unlinked text indicates that an enumerator does not exist for that system option, document property, manager pane option, or menu item. Unlinked text is shown to help you more easily map the text in the table with the text shown on the specified tabs, manager panes, toolbars, and menus in the user interface.
 

Tools > Options > System Options tab

Tools > Options > Document Properties tab

File menu

View menu

  

Insert menu

  

Tools menu

  

Window menu

Toolbars

Appears on tab:

General

MBD

Drawings

 - Display Style

 - Area Hatch/Fill

 - Performance

Colors

Sketch

 - Relations/Snaps

Display

Selection

Performance

Assemblies                                                       

External References

Default Templates

File Locations

FeatureManager

Spin Box Increments

View

Backup/Recover

Touch

Hole Wizard/Toolbox

File Explorer

Search

Collaboration

Messages/Errors/Warnings

Import

Export

 

Does not appear on tab:

Miscellaneous

Appears on tab:

Drafting Standard

Annotations

  - Balloons

  - Datums

  - Geometric

     Tolerances

  - Location Label
    (drawings only)

  - Notes

  - Revision Clouds

  - Surface

     Finishes

  - Weld Symbols

Borders (drawings only)

Dimensions

  - Angle

  - Angular Running

  - Arc Length

  - Chamfer

  - Diameter

  - Hole Callout

  - Linear

  - Ordinate

  - Radius

Centerlines/Center Marks (drawings only)

DimXpert (drawings only)

Tables

 - Bend (parts and drawings only)

 - Bill of Materials

 - General

 - Hole (drawings only)

 - Punch (drawings only)

 - Revision (drawings only)

 - Title Block Table (parts and assemblies only)

 - Weld (drawings only)

DimXpert (parts and assemblies only)

 - Size Dimension

 - Location Dimension

 - Chain Dimension

 - Geometric Tolerance

 - Chamfer Controls

 - Display Options

Views (drawings only)

 - Auxiliary

 - Detail

 - Section

 - Orthographic

 - Other

Virtual Sharps

Detailing

Drawing Sheets (drawings only)

Grid/Snap

Units

Line Font (drawings only)

Line Style (drawings only)

Line Thickness (drawings only)

Model Display (parts and assemblies only)

Material Properties (parts only)

Image Quality

Sheet Metal MBD (parts only)

Sheet Metal

Weldments

Plane Display (parts and assemblies only)

Configurations (parts and assemblies only)

Mates (assemblies only)

 

Does not appear on tab:

- Miscellaneous

> Open

   > Files of type

      > Mesh Files

         > Options

            > System Options

                > Import

                    > STL/OBJ/OFF/PLY/PLY2

      > VRML

         > Options

             > System Options

                > Import

                    > VRML

      > 3D Manufacturing Format

         > Options

             > System Options

                > Import

                    > 3MF

      > IDF

         > Options

             > System Options

                > Import

                    > IDF

 

      > Inventor, Catia V5, ProE/Creo, Unigraphics/NX, or Solid Edge

         > Options

             > System Options

                 > Import

                     > Inventor/Catia V5/Creo/NX/Solid Edge

     

       > STEP AP203/214/242, IGES, or ACIS

          > Options

             > System Options

                 > Import

                     > STEP/IGES/ACIS

 

        > SLDXML

           > Options

              > System Options

                 > Import

                     > SLDXML

 

       > other type of file

          > Options

             > System Options

                 > Import

                     > General

> Save As

     > Save as type

        > Parasolid or Parasolid Binary

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > Parasolid

           > Save

               > Export (sheet

                  metal parts only)

        > IGES

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > IGES 5.3

        > STEP AP203 or STEP AP214

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > STEP

        > IFC 2x3 or IFC 4

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > IFC

        > ACIS

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > ACIS

        > VRML

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > VRML

        > STL

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > STL

        > VDAFS

            > Options

                > System Options

                    > Export

                       > VDA

        > 3D Manufacturing Format (*.3mf)

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > 3MF

        > Additive Manufacturing File (*.amf)

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > AMF

        > Polygon File Format (*.ply)

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                      > PLY

        > eDrawings

            > Options

                > System Options

                    > Export

                        > EDRW/EPRT/EASM

        > Adobe Portable Document Format

            > Save as 3D PDF

                > Options

                    > System Options

                         > Export

                             > 3DPDF

            > Options

                > System Options

                    > Export

                        > PDF

        > Adobe Photoshop Files, Portable Network Graphics, JPEG, or Tif

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                        > TIF/PSD/JPG/PNG

        > Dwg or Dxf

           (parts and drawings only)

           > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > DXF/DWG

         > SOLIDWORKS Composer

            (parts and assemblies only)

            > Options

               > System Options

                   > Export

                       > SMG

          > Part (assemblies only)

             > Options

                 > System Options

                     > Export

                         > SLDPRT from assembly

 

> Page Setup         

> Print

    > Margins 

    > Line Thickness

> Print3D

 

> Display

> Modify

   > Filter Modified Components (only for assemblies opened in Large Design Review mode with one or more modified components)

> Hide / Show

> User Interface

> Mate (assemblies only)

 

> Component Selection (assemblies only)

   > Select Identical Components

> Sketch Entities

   > Corner Rectangle or Center Rectangle or 3 Point Corner Rectangle or 3 Point Center Rectangle or Parallelogram

> Sketch Tools

    > Trim

> Customize

   > Toolbars

   > Mouse Gestures

 

> Viewport

Sketch Ink

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Document Properties

 

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