13 Replies Latest reply on Aug 6, 2015 12:01 PM by Alin Vargatu

PROPERTY TAB BUILDER & EQUATIONS

Claudio Ventura Apr 23, 2011 6:16 AM

Hi to every one,

I' ve try to have a simply way to drive model by PROPERTY TAB BUILDER & EQUATIONS (in attacched a simply model),

In solidworks there are a lot of way to do this, Drive works, excel and macros, but in my opinion this in the simply way.

I would like to drive more complex models, but, due to the fact that equations are rebuilded several time, when the number of equations is high (35/40), time to rebuild became very long.

I think that a solution could be that SOLIDWORKS will modify equations programs in this way:

-ALL THE EQUATIONS LINKED TO A PERSONALIZED PROPERTY, DON'T NEED REBUILD.

What your opinions?

Thank you in advance for any considerations.

CUBE.prtprp.zip 530 bytes
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Re: PROPERTY TAB BUILDER & EQUATIONS

Scott McFadden Apr 23, 2011 9:24 AM (in response to Claudio Ventura)

Claudio,
I think there should be a rebuild option should will have a setting that either allows rebuilds after so many
equations (and make this adjustable by the user) or give the ability to turn off the rebuild and make it user
option as to when to angage a rebuild.
Maybe you should put in an enhancement request to Solidworks for this if you personally feel this strongly about it.
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Re: PROPERTY TAB BUILDER & EQUATIONS

Denny Metcalf Apr 25, 2011 10:21 AM (in response to Claudio Ventura)

If using the API you can add equations without a rebuild and then rebuild everything at the end.

This is kind of a silly example but can give you an idea of what you can do:

Add Equation and Evaluate All Example
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  Claudio Ventura Apr 26, 2011 3:58 AM (in response to Denny Metcalf)
  
  Thank you for the tip.
  
  Claudio
  
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  Samuel Polk Nov 10, 2011 2:47 PM (in response to Denny Metcalf)
  
  what's API?
  
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    Denny Metcalf Nov 10, 2011 2:51 PM (in response to Samuel Polk)
    
    Wow, this thread got necro'ed.
    
    API = Application Programming Interface
    
    It's one of the most important aspects of computing and modern software is designed to run as transparently as possible. Any additional functionality (ie. extension, macro, etc.) not baked into the software can often be done by the end user with access to the API.
    
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      Jerry Steiger Nov 10, 2011 9:52 PM (in response to Denny Metcalf)
      
      Samuel,
      
      To make it even more concrete, it's how you write macros.
      
      Jerry Steiger
      
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        Samuel Polk Nov 11, 2011 8:29 AM (in response to Jerry Steiger)
        
        Jerry,
        
        Thank you! Worlds more understandable.
        
        Samuel Polk
        
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Sarah Dwight Aug 6, 2015 9:04 AM (in response to Claudio Ventura)

In unrelated news, this is the first place I have seen the Property Tab Builder used to drive model dimensions. I have been trying to figure out how to suppress and unsuppress features with the Property Tab Builder and no-where else have I seen it! Thank you for uploading these files. Super helpful!
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  Alin Vargatu Aug 6, 2015 9:38 AM (in response to Sarah Dwight)
  
  Sarah, watch my presentation from SWW and you will see a few other tricks you can do with Custom Properties.
  
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    Sarah Dwight Aug 6, 2015 9:48 AM (in response to Alin Vargatu)
    
    Thanks Alin, do you have a link?
    
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      Alin Vargatu Aug 6, 2015 9:56 AM (in response to Sarah Dwight)
      
      This is the old version (2011) of the presentation, but is the only one I found for now that is available on YouTube for now.
      Skip to 47:49 for the example you are interested in.
      
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        Sarah Dwight Aug 6, 2015 11:57 AM (in response to Alin Vargatu)
        
        Thank you, very informative. Some tips we are already using, but now we need to see about integrating the other tricks into our workflow.
        
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        Alin Vargatu Aug 6, 2015 12:01 PM (in response to Sarah Dwight)
        
        Send me your email, Sarah. I will send you a manual I wrote on Custom Properties that has much more information compared to what is in that video.
        
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