This field allows you to select values related to the SOLIDWORKS environment:

  • Value of a SOLIDWORKS property - By checking this option you can select the name of a property from a list. This list displays the content of the Properties.txt file defined in the SOLIDWORKS general options. If you fill in your file properties via the SmartProperties tool you can make this list reflect the input masks set in SmartProperties (definition in myCADPassport).


 


  • Value of a property of the referenced document - By checking this option you can select the name of a property of the referenced document from a list proposed: for example, fill a property of a drawing by retrieving the value of a property of the referenced document. The proposed list points to the custom properties file specified in the SOLIDWORKS general options (properties.txt). If you fill in your file properties via the SmartProperties tool, you can make this list reflect the input masks set up in SmartProperties (definition in myCADPassport). In the example below :
    • Description - this is the property I want to create in the part layout - Reservoir.
    • Item_Code - is the property of the part whose value I want to recover.


 


That's how to define this action.


 


  • Retrieve the value of the first item in the list of welded parts - This option makes it possible to recover the value of a personalized property present in the first article of the list of the welded parts. Indeed if the same property has a different value in each article it is possible to take into account only the value present in the first article of the list.

Depending on the option selected in the myCADpassport administration, the drop-down list will point to :

    • Either on the custom property file defined in the SOLIDWORKS general options Weldment.txt.
    • Either on the file automatically generated by the custom input mask in SmartProperties Properties.xml.


  • SOLIDWORKS value - By checking this option you can retrieve a value generated by SOLIDWORKS: for example the coordinates of the center of gravity, the moments of inertia, the mass, etc ...


 



Advanced options - For each of the selected fields it is possible to access advanced options in order to retrieve all or part of the values, just click on the icon .