You can add or modify custom properties in SOLIDWORKS
documents.
To specify custom properties to add or modify:
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Click in the first row in the Name column.
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Select an existing custom property name from the list, or enter
a name.
Material, Weight, DrawnDate, MakeOrBuy, and CompanyName are examples of custom property names that are
predefined in SOLIDWORKS documents.
In a SOLIDWORKS part, assembly, or drawing document, click to see the list of custom property names for that document.
See
SOLIDWORKS Help:
Properties - Custom and Configuration
Properties for more information on working with
custom properties in SOLIDWORKS
documents.
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For
Type,
select a custom property type (Text,
Date, Number, Yes or
no).
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For
Value,
enter
a custom property value.
| Type |
Value |
| Text |
Enter text. |
| Date |
Enter a date in the
mm/dd/yyyy format. |
| Number |
Enter a numerical value.
|
| Yes or no |
Enter yes or no (not case sensitive).
|
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For
Configuration,
if
the custom
property
affects configurations within the SOLIDWORKS document, enter the configuration
name. Otherwise, leave blank.
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Click in the next row in the Name column, and repeat steps 2 through 5 for each custom
property that you add or modify.
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Click Finish.
The task
appears
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
begins.
If the task acts on more than one file, a subtask 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.
If your backup files include Unicode file paths, use an
extraction application for zip files that supports UTF-8 encoding.
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After the task completes, click Completed to see the SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler Report.