6 Replies Latest reply on Sep 18, 2015 2:05 PM by Wesley Shafer

Any good or bad experience with the SolidWorks add in PROPAGATOR?

Birgit Falk Olesen Oct 18, 2013 1:58 AM

Hello

We are considering the add in PROPAGATOR for our SolidWorks. We already have CustomTools. Do any one have good or bad experiences with this? It is for download at customsolids.com.

Re: Any good or bad experience with the SolidWorks add in PROPAGATOR?

Scott Baugh Oct 18, 2013 9:19 AM (in response to Birgit Falk Olesen)

I have no experience with them, but for all my custom Macros\API programs I go to www.CadSharp.com - even with a free account there are some free items out there. Especially check out his Blog posts, very good information out there. You can also ask for custom programs made at your requirements. Keith is great to work with!
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  Birgit Falk Olesen Oct 21, 2013 2:37 AM (in response to Scott Baugh)
  
  Thank you for your reply. I have just looked at www.CadSharp.com searching for macro. I'm sure it will be very usefull.
  
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Re: Any good or bad experience with the SolidWorks add in PROPAGATOR?

Kelvin Lamport Oct 18, 2013 11:20 AM (in response to Birgit Falk Olesen)

I have used the free & paid for versions of Propa-Gator with great success. No problems whatsoever, and the price is very reasonable.

An added bonus is the ability to bulk-change drawing templates.
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  Birgit Falk Olesen Oct 21, 2013 2:39 AM (in response to Kelvin Lamport)
  
  Thank you for your reply. I think we will try the Propa-Gator.
  
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Re: Any good or bad experience with the SolidWorks add in PROPAGATOR?

Wesley Shafer Jul 29, 2015 2:31 PM (in response to Birgit Falk Olesen)

I wanted to post here to see if anyone still uses progagator.

We've used it for years and it's a wonderful program. We recently upgraded to SW2015 SP3.0 and now the express processing no longer applies the properties to the parts and assemblies. If you uncheck express processing it works fine. It just takes a long as running task scheduler.

I've tried emailing the company twice and had no response.

Thanks
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  Wesley Shafer Sep 18, 2015 2:05 PM (in response to Wesley Shafer)
  
  Just wanted to update that I've heard from the company.
  
  Thank you for your patience. I’ve been out of state and out of the office the last couple weeks.
  
  I’m afraid this last version of SolidWorks 2015 is 64-bit only and has made earlier 32-bit techniques of working with files and software obsolete. This has fundamentally affected PropaGator, which was written and compiled with 32-bit development tools. We are currently working on a new version of PropaGator which will be designed to run in a completely 64-bit environment. We will notify customers of its availability as it is completed. We apologize for the inconvenience this has created for you and our other customers and will try to have a solution available as soon as we can.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Brenda D Bosley
  CustomSolids
  
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