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Question asked by Jiral Parikh on Mar 29, 2010
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Hello everyone,

I have never even looked at this functionality before today. So, no idea what it can and can't do. Somebody who use this tool can easily answer my question. Actually, I pretty much know answer of my question. I just want to confirm it.

Let's say I make a field for adding description to the part. Can I check number of characters in the description right away. For example, If I type more than 30 chanracters, then, as soon as I click ok button, it gives me a message that your description is more than 30 characters. So, I can go back and change it.

Thanks for your time,

Tony Greising-Murschel Mar 30, 2010 8:55 AM

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What you could do is set up an excel spreadsheet where your users type in descriptions and have Excel "Data Validation" limit the number of characters to 30. Then in the SolidWorks property tab builder have the "Description" tied to the Excel file list and do not allow custom values.

I'm sure there's a way to code it in SolidWorks--but we're talking about the property tab builder.

In the attachment cells A1 and A2 are limited to 30 characters so if more than 30 are entered a warning comes up and tells the user to retry his entry.

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Wayne Tiffany Mar 30, 2010 8:31 AM

I'm not seeing that limitation with SW2010. Can you post the PTB file you see that with?

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Tony Greising-Murschel Mar 30, 2010 8:55 AM

I'm sure there's a way to code it in SolidWorks--but we're talking about the property tab builder.

In the attachment cells A1 and A2 are limited to 30 characters so if more than 30 are entered a warning comes up and tells the user to retry his entry.

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Jiral Parikh @ Tony Greising-Murschel on Mar 30, 2010 9:35 AM

Thank you Tony.

Theoratically, your concept can work. It does not sound practical though.

Now I am pretty sure that Property Tab Builder is not that great. 2 years ago, we bought a custom program which pretty much like property tab builder where you can build your own set of properties. It works in feature manager. The best part is that you can put visual script in the back ground. So, as soon as you click ok, it goes through that script and check everything, You can do lot of things with this visual script in the back ground.

One problem we have come across now is that this program does not work with x64 machine. That company has put a new program out there which works with both x32 and x64 machine. So, before we go and buy that, I wanted to check property tab builder.

Thanks again,

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Wayne Tiffany Mar 30, 2010 8:31 AM
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I'm not seeing that limitation with SW2010. Can you post the PTB file you see that with?

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Tony Greising-Murschel Mar 30, 2010 8:55 AM
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What you could do is set up an excel spreadsheet where your users type in descriptions and have Excel "Data Validation" limit the number of characters to 30. Then in the SolidWorks property tab builder have the "Description" tied to the Excel file list and do not allow custom values.

I'm sure there's a way to code it in SolidWorks--but we're talking about the property tab builder.

In the attachment cells A1 and A2 are limited to 30 characters so if more than 30 are entered a warning comes up and tells the user to retry his entry.
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- Jiral Parikh @ Tony Greising-Murschel on Mar 30, 2010 9:35 AM
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  Thank you Tony.
  
  Theoratically, your concept can work. It does not sound practical though.
  
  Now I am pretty sure that Property Tab Builder is not that great. 2 years ago, we bought a custom program which pretty much like property tab builder where you can build your own set of properties. It works in feature manager. The best part is that you can put visual script in the back ground. So, as soon as you click ok, it goes through that script and check everything, You can do lot of things with this visual script in the back ground.
  
  One problem we have come across now is that this program does not work with x64 machine. That company has put a new program out there which works with both x32 and x64 machine. So, before we go and buy that, I wanted to check property tab builder.
  
  Thanks again,
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