Translating Design Table Column Headers (2025 SP2)

You can automatically translate a design table's column headers into the current SOLIDWORKS language. This functionality is supported by all SOLIDWORKS languages.

Benefits: You can view design table column headers in the local SOLIDWORKS language with no required workarounds.

For example, you create a design table in the German language with a column header $BESCHREIBUNG. If you open the design table in an English version of SOLIDWORKS, you can automatically translate the column header as $DESCRIPTION. If you open the same design table in an Italian version of SOLIDWORKS, you can automatically translate the column header as $DESCRIZIONE.
The translation process is only temporary during the table editing process. The design table in the model remains in the original language.

To translate design table column headers:

  1. Open a model with a design table that was created in another language. In this example, the original design table is in French.
  2. In the ConfigurationManager , under Tables, right-click the foreign language Excel design table and click Edit table.

    The Design Table column header language is <foreign language> dialog box alerts you that the design table language is different from your current language.

  3. Click Translate the column headers.

    The design table opens with the French column headers translated into English.