myCADtools Integration - Batch document editing and custom tasks
myCADtools Integration - Batch document editing and custom tasks
As a designer, you spend an average of about 1,000 hours a year working with SOLIDWORKS. Your connection to the software grows stronger with each annual release and the new features that come with it, which make your work easier.
However, there's something you're missing. As a satisfied SOLIDWORKS user myself, I regularly encounter a number of specific limitations:
- Model Settings and Modifying Library Components
After optimizing the model settings in SOLIDWORKS, I have to manually edit all the items in my library
- Modifying Documents for Image Creation
To create images, all my parts must be in isometric view, which I have to do manually for each document
- Change in Material
Changes to a material are made manually
- Setting a sheet size for all drawings
I've created a new sheet size, and I want to use it for all my A4 drawings.
- Macro Programming and Execution
Manual execution for each document.
The list may vary for each user. Customizing your work environment is therefore a wise choice. Let’s take a look at the possibilities offered by the myCADtools integration tool to help you get the most out of your 1,000 hours of work with your friend SOLIDWORKS.
The Integration Tool
Use the Integration tool in myCADtools if you want to automate a wide variety of tasks based on conditions (prerequisites) and operations.
In the example below, the integration is configured so that the page size (a document template) in all documents equivalent to A4 page size is replaced by a page size of your choice.
In this example, the myCADtools Integration application searches for documents in A4V format (1) and, if it finds any, replaces them with a different sheet format (2).
In the following screenshot, you can specify which Windows folders the Integration tool should search for files in (1) and, if applicable, which filters (dependencies) it should use to select files (2):
In just a few steps, you have selected the documents you want to edit. You can also choose to select documents that are open in SOLIDWORKS.
After defining the operation, you can save it so you can reuse it as an automated task.
Do you find it interesting to customize your SOLIDWORKS environment this way? I have some news for you. In addition to the example above, you can configure many other tasks with Integration. Integration features a library of more than 50 conditions and 100 operations.
