When you enable the Design with SOLIDWORKS
app and update a model for compatibility with the 3DEXPERIENCE
platform, the Configuration Properties and the
Properties Summary tabs display in the
Properties dialog box. The Summary, Custom, and
Configuration Specific tabs display for models
that are not compatible with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
On the Custom and the Configuration
Specific
tabs in the Properties dialog box, you can:
- Specify custom properties for the active
part, assembly, or drawing document.
- Apply custom properties to specific
configurations in the active part or assembly document.
- Create blank custom
properties. This
option is
useful
when you want to create a template that contains custom properties but you do not
want to give those properties-specific starting values.
- Add associative dimensions. The dimensions can come from sketches,
part features, assembly features, or assembly mates. Since part dimensions are
associative, values in the Bill of Materials (BOM) update when the dimensions
change.
- Add system-defined mass properties as custom
properties, using either the Custom or
Configuration Properties tabs.
- Edit the list of custom properties.
In addition to the BOM, you can use the properties in the following ways:
- As advanced selection criteria for managing assembly configurations
- In drawing sheet formats and to link notes to document properties
- To specify a property named Description, to appear in the Open and Save As
dialog boxes
If you plan to use the property
as a custom column in a Bill of Materials:
- For Excel-based BOMs, do not include any spaces in the Property
Name.
- For table-based BOMs, spaces in the Property Name are
acceptable.
For models updated to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, on the Configuration Properties and the Properties
Summary tabs, you can:
- Specify configuration properties for the active part, assembly, or
drawing document.
- Add associative dimensions. The dimensions can come from sketches,
part features, assembly features, or assembly mates. Since part dimensions are
associative, values in the Bill of Materials (BOM) update when the dimensions
change.
- Add system-defined mass properties using the Configuration
Properties tab.
- Edit the list of configuration properties.