The Property Tab Builder is a stand-alone utility that you use to create
a customized interface for entering properties into SOLIDWORKS files.
The tabs that you create with Property Tab Builder appear in the SOLIDWORKS
software on the Custom Properties
tab in the Task Pane. You can create
different tab templates for parts, assemblies, drawings, and weldments.
You can enter properties on the Custom and Configuration
Specific tabs in the Summary
Information dialog box in the SOLIDWORKS software.
In companies with multiple SOLIDWORKS users, typically an administrator creates
the customized tabs. Users then use these tabs in the SOLIDWORKS software to enter
properties.
The installed version of the SOLIDWORKS software displays in the Property Tab
Builder header. You can use this label to verify that you are creating a template for
the version that the users have on their machines.
Opening Property Tab Builder
Do one of the following:
- In the SOLIDWORKS software, on the SOLIDWORKS Resources
tab of the Task Pane, click
Property Tab Builder
.
- From the Windows Start
menu, click .
- In the SOLIDWORKS software, on the Custom
Properties
tab in the Task Pane, click
Create now. This option is available
when a tab template does not exist for the active document type.
Property Tab Builder opens. The
center pane contains the template that you create for the tab. You drag elements
such as lists and check boxes from the left pane, and set attributes for those
elements in the right pane.
Storing Templates
Save the tab templates in the same location as the properties.txt file. You can create multiple
templates for each document type. The file extension indicates the template
type:
- .prtprp for parts
- .asmprp for assemblies
- .drwprp for drawings
- .wldprp for weldments
To find the location of the properties.txt file,
in the SOLIDWORKS software, click . Select Custom Properties
Files in Show folders for.
The path appears under Folders.
To share the customized tab, store it on a network drive that is
accessible by SOLIDWORKS users. The users can set their file location for Custom Properties Files to the network drive.