List Group Attributes

List group controls allow users to choose from conditional lists of predefined values.

The first list serves as a parent. When a user selects an item from the parent, it determines the selections that are available in the successive lists.

Drag a List Group control from the palette on the left into the center pane. In the pane on the right, set attributes as described below. Specify the list group attributes, then specify the attributes for each list in the list group.

To add lists, drag a list to the list group. To delete lists, right-click the list and click Delete.

Control Attributes

Caption Enter a label.

Custom Property Attributes

Default Select Expanded or Collapsed to define the default state of the group box when a user accesses the Custom Properties tab in the SOLIDWORKS software.

Master Table

Type Excel File

Controls the information that a user can enter in the field.

The link to the Excel file is maintained. Changes in the Excel file are reflected in the SOLIDWORKS interface. If you make changes when a user has the SOLIDWORKS software open, the user must click in the Custom Properties tab and then press F5 to refresh the screen.
Path Specifies the path to a file that contains the list of values.
Range Specifies the cells in the Excel file that define the list, in the format first cell:last cell.

For example:

  • A1:A10 reads values in cells A1 through A10.
  • A1:B4 reads values in cells A1 through A4, then B1 through B4.

List Attributes

This section describes the attributes of the lists that are in List Groups.

Control Attributes

Caption Enter a label.

Custom Property Attributes

Name Controls the name of the custom property that the user creates in the SOLIDWORKS software. You can enter a name or select a name from the list. The list is populated by the properties.txt file.
Column Identifies the spreadsheet column that contains the custom property choices.
Configurations

Show on Custom Tab

Writes the property the user creates to the Custom tab of the Properties dialog box.

Show on Configuration Specific Tab

Writes the property the user creates to the Configuration Properties tab of the Properties dialog box.

These options are not available when the template type is set to Drawing in page-level attributes.