If you want to change the default settings—such as display options or how data is read from the 3D document—simply edit the base file " PilotAssembly.xlsx," which is located in the directory "..\Users\User_Name\Documents\myCADtools\PilotAssembly ".

If it does not exist, simply copy it from the myCADtools installation directory

"..\Program Files\Visiativ\myCADtools 2020\PilotAssembly "

to "..\Users\User_Name\Documents\myCADtools\PilotAssembly ".

When you launch the PilotAssembly tool, the Excel file is copied from the "...\Documents\... " directory to the folder of the assembly currently open in SOLIDWORKS, and the file is then renamed to match the assembly's name.


If you change settings in an assembly's Excel file, they will be saved only for that assembly.