This process allows you to automatically extract all or some of the properties from your SOLIDWORKS documents located in a Windows folder.






  • Selection of Applications



You can select the folder(s) to scan by clicking the icon




  • File Locations


We specify:

    • The Excel file template containing the result columns to be obtained. You can manually choose the location of your Excel template by clicking on the icon


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    • Then the location of the output file



Extract All Properties: This option allows you to extract all the properties of your files in the selected folder(s). You no longer need to choose a custom Excel template because all possible properties will automatically be created as columns in the Excel file.





  • Defining Excel Data



Define the names of your columns that retrieve the full file name and the configuration name:





Select the formats you want to include in your export:





  • Selecting Configurations



Set the property recovery option.

You can retrieve:

- the properties of a specific configuration

- the document's properties only

- the properties of the document and all configurations




  • Result



When you click the "Apply" button, you get this:


Document ownership


Configuration property - one line per configuration