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Structural Member Profile properties from Table

Question asked by Daniel Lawrence on Aug 21, 2018
Latest reply on Aug 23, 2018 by Igor Fomenko

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Hi,

We're trying to bulk-edit the properties of the Solidworks structural member profiles. We're adding in 'Material', 'SIZE' and 'MASS (KG)' to conform with a new style of auto-bom that we're using. Editing these features on the SLDLFP file makes them propagate onto the cut list item, then the BoM. However, there are a lot of these profiles in the library. Does anyone know of a way where we could use a 'design table' or similar like you can for bolts to auto-generate profiles or simply just add these properties to existing profiles?

Igor Fomenko Aug 21, 2018 7:58 AM

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It`s so easy:

1. in your SLDLFP file create at least two configurations

2. copy your config.specific properties to one of configs in "configuration specific" tab (in "custom property" tab left only common properties)

3. create design table by Insert\tables\Design Table

4. use Auto-create option

5. correct all properties and dims in design table as you wish

Note: you configurable sldlfp file must be at one level up than nonconfigurable files.

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Igor Fomenko Aug 21, 2018 7:58 AM

It`s so easy:

1. in your SLDLFP file create at least two configurations

2. copy your config.specific properties to one of configs in "configuration specific" tab (in "custom property" tab left only common properties)

3. create design table by Insert\tables\Design Table

4. use Auto-create option

5. correct all properties and dims in design table as you wish

Note: you configurable sldlfp file must be at one level up than nonconfigurable files.

That`s all

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Daniel Lawrence @ Igor Fomenko on Aug 23, 2018 3:50 AM

Thanks Igor. We already had the SLDLFP files with a design table in them, however we did not know that these files had to be the next level up in the file structure! Very handy tip!

If that's unclear to anyone else reading these comments, if your solidworks stores sections profiles here:

x:\...\sections

then your default locations for individual SLDLFP files will be here:

x:\...\sections\standards\types\files.sldlfp

so when you make a weldment it will come up like this:

If you want configurable SLDLFP files then you want them stored like this:

x:\...\sections\standards\configurable_files.sldlfp

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Igor Fomenko @ Daniel Lawrence on Aug 23, 2018 3:52 AM

and this issue SW copies only config.specific properties of Lib Feat Part file to cut-list properties

I met it but don`t know the reason, for new profiles everything is OK

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Deepak Gupta Aug 21, 2018 8:54 AM

Daniel Lawrence wrote:

Does anyone know of a way where we could use a 'design table' or similar like you can for bolts to auto-generate profiles or simply just add these properties to existing profiles?

I remember to seen or made a macro to update the weldment profile files properties. Let me see if I can find that.

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Igor Fomenko Aug 21, 2018 7:58 AM
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It`s so easy:
1. in your SLDLFP file create at least two configurations
2. copy your config.specific properties to one of configs in "configuration specific" tab (in "custom property" tab left only common properties)
3. create design table by Insert\tables\Design Table
4. use Auto-create option
5. correct all properties and dims in design table as you wish
Note: you configurable sldlfp file must be at one level up than nonconfigurable files.
That`s all
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- Daniel Lawrence @ Igor Fomenko on Aug 23, 2018 3:50 AM
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  Thanks Igor. We already had the SLDLFP files with a design table in them, however we did not know that these files had to be the next level up in the file structure! Very handy tip!
  
  If that's unclear to anyone else reading these comments, if your solidworks stores sections profiles here:
  x:\...\sections
  
  then your default locations for individual SLDLFP files will be here:
  x:\...\sections\standards\types\files.sldlfp
  
  so when you make a weldment it will come up like this:
  
  If you want configurable SLDLFP files then you want them stored like this:
  x:\...\sections\standards\configurable_files.sldlfp
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  - Igor Fomenko @ Daniel Lawrence on Aug 23, 2018 3:52 AM
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    Read also this
    Is it possible to hide word 'configured' in feature name of weldment
    and this issue SW copies only config.specific properties of Lib Feat Part file to cut-list properties
    I met it but don`t know the reason, for new profiles everything is OK
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Igor Fomenko Aug 21, 2018 8:01 AM
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Read this also Weldment Profiles Description Change
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Deepak Gupta Aug 21, 2018 8:54 AM
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Daniel Lawrence wrote:

Does anyone know of a way where we could use a 'design table' or similar like you can for bolts to auto-generate profiles or simply just add these properties to existing profiles?
I remember to seen or made a macro to update the weldment profile files properties. Let me see if I can find that.
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