Hello
It's all in the title...
So far, I've been able to use Solidworks Explorer to move files or rename them without breaking the links.
Now I'd like to do the same but with folders ! Is this possible? How?
Thank you for your answers
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Hello
Wouldn't the take-home feature be more sensible in your case?
This keeps the links between the files and the dependencies.
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SW does not manage the files as such... It keeps the position of the last recording but that's it.
So either you want to duplicate a "folder" with a tree structure in which case I go through the composition to go.
If it's changing the location of the files, I do it by hand and rename (temporarily) the old folders so that SW doesn't go there, the time to open the new asm.
In fact my problem is that I have about ten folders that I want to transfer to another, these folders contain different assemblies or parts. I want to keep the records as they are with what they contain.
Does cutting and pasting a folder keep the links if the folder contains only one assembly (no parts)?
Complicated huh...
But indeed I think it's not possible with SW Explorer if it doesn't know how to manage folders.
Hello
If you move the folders to another one without modifying the existing folder structure, basically from C:\foto\asm to c:\foto\tat\asm, SW will have no problem to open just keep the folder structure.
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Exactly, the only thing to watch out for is that there are no duplicate files (same name).
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Oh ok... Well I think I'm not going to venture into that... Not so confident about the reliability of the operation.
Thank you in any case for your answers!
Have a good end of the day;)
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Hello.
I am developing a small program that allows you to move or rename complete files and folders while maintaining the links between Solidworks files.
This is an executable.
On your hard drive, for example in the "My Documents" folder, create a folder in which you place the Bibotac.exe file.
Then, launch the executable by double-clicking on it.
When the message "Index not available! You shoul'd rebuild" click OK.
Now select the folder you want to index.
The program will create an index of all the Solidworks files present in this folder and its subfolders with all the links between these files (We have a main folder divided into subfolders representing the different cases with a total of 140000 Solidworks files and it takes about 20 min to index the whole thing the first time and less than five minutes during later uses where only an update to day is required.)
The button at the bottom left shows you the folder currently indexed and allows you to change it (The search for use cases and the updating of links when changing names or moves is only done within this folder and these subfolders)
Next, navigate to the tree on the left and select a Solidworks file.
You will see its name appear in the tree on the right and if this file is used elsewhere you will find in the tree all the cases of use with the possibility of going back on several levels (Exhibit N°1 is used in Exhibit N°10 itself used in Exhibit N°100 and so on).
In both trees using the right mouse click you have context menus with different functions (Move, Rename, Open in Sw, Open in read-only...)
This allows you to rename or move files and folders.
The program will automatically update the links between all the files.
In addition, if you have your license key for the SolidWorks Document Manager API, you will also be able to index file properties and search by properties.
The next development step will be to allow you to rename and move Solidworks files en masse with, for example, rules for names such as Solidworks Explorer (Suffix, prefix, search and replace a certain part of text...).
Thank you for giving me your opinion.
Joel.
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