Hello, Self-taught on Solidworks I want to take advantage of this period of confinement to improve my design methodology.
Currently I fill my cartridges by hand, I don't enter the properties of my parts and assembly, etc... In short, I tinker on certain aspects, because I don't know how to do it
I would like to use the automatisms possible to work more efficiently and more rigorously. I just watched a tutorial on property forms .
I created a "reference" field, I created a "Designation" field, but how do I make the file name "reference + Designation"? Example: "0123 _ Nut" Should I do the opposite, i.e. save my file under "0123 _ Nut" and indicate somewhere that the reference is the first part of the file name and the designation is the second part?
In my SolidWorks files, the properties are in 3D (sldprt or sldasm).
The drawing has no custom properties.
I get the properties of the 3D directly, by placing in the title block or comments a property of the model by writing: $PRPSHEET:{property name}.
File --> property
In my SolidWorks files, the properties are in 3D (sldprt or sldasm). The drawing has virtually no custom properties.
So in the drawing, I get the properties of the 3D directly, by placing in your title block or the comments a property of the model by writing: $PRPSHEET:{property name}.
Hoping I have interpreted your question correctly.
Personally I find it not very practical to name the parts with a code + part name. If you want to rename the title of your piece or change the function, the filename is overwritten. Personally, we just use a code and we get the Title property from the designation of the part in a windows explorer collonne in order to see the name of the part (which is absolutely not related to the file name)
@sbadenis: Top! Thank you for sharing my experience. Sometimes I go in a direction, and in the end I realize that it's not the best. Self-taught, I am interested in all the best practices to use, or mistakes to avoid.
The reason I wanted to have the part name in the file name is to better identify the parts in the assembly tree, because a tree with references is not practical.
Is there a way to get the designation in the assembly tree?
You can put the designation in the description of the component if you don't use it, or use configurations that correspond to the designation you want.
Thank you! This corresponds exactly to my needs! I also had a pb of terminology, between "Description" and "Designation". For me, "carb screw" was a designation.
If I understood correctly: "carb screw" is the "description" and "M4x30mm" screw is the designation, correct?
So, by checking "Show description of components", I now get what I wanted... Thank you
