4 Replies Latest reply on Nov 10, 2015 7:29 AM by Tom Hallwright

Update the cut list of every part in an assembly?

Tom Hallwright Nov 3, 2015 4:51 PM

Is there a way to update the cut list of every single part in a Solidworks assembly file without opening each individual part file and clicking update in the right click menu of the cut list?

Possibly using a macro or other tool?

I am using a separate BOM tool which does not extract the part information correctly if this is not done and is very time consuming running through and updating each part individually

Thanks!

Re: Update the cut list of every part in an assembly?

Deepak Gupta Nov 3, 2015 9:06 PM (in response to Tom Hallwright)

Not directly but a macro should work. Basically opening each component from assembly and do update cut list.
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  Tom Hallwright Nov 10, 2015 7:29 AM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  How would I go about writing a macro for this task? any good tutorials or walkthroughs you are aware of?
  
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Re: Update the cut list of every part in an assembly?

Alin Vargatu Nov 3, 2015 10:25 PM (in response to Tom Hallwright)

Starting with SW 2015, you can turn on the "Update Automatically" for the Cut List on the part templates from which you start the weldments and the cut lists will always be up to date.
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  Tom Hallwright Nov 10, 2015 7:29 AM (in response to Alin Vargatu)
  
  Even with update automatically enabled, this must still be done automatically (Solidworks Professional 2013) any idea why this might be?
  
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