Custom Property Populates Configuration Name

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Hello!

I have a custom property No. and another Designation.

I would like the value of N° to indicate the Name of the configuration and the Designation to indicate Description (of the configuration).

I managed to automate this with a macro because I don't think it's possible with the SW property input mask.

Do you know of a way to do this with the SmartProperties tool? Or directly from the SW input mask if it's possible...

The idea is to eliminate the extra click to launch this macro every time...

Thank you for your help!

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Hello;

The Smartproperties tool gives much more freedom than the built-in property editor in Solidworks.
By the way, what version are you working on?
for Smartproperties input masks, it is possible to " concatenate " existing properties.

On the other hand, I'm not sure that changing the Designation of a configuration is very wise but it depends on the work environment, what are we talking about... of configured parts, configurations of parts within an assembly... configuration of assemblies?
It lacks context...

Otherwise, out of spite, it is possible to run a macro from Smartproperties:

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Hello

Especially if there are uses in assemblies. The rename of a configuration can cause SW to lose its pedals.

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We're working on SW 2023 SP3.0

The situation in question is explained in the attached image.

rename config

I'm looking to remove the macro and use SmarProperties to replace it.

As for the good or bad idea of renaming these configs, don't worry, the method is proven in our operation :wink:

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Hello;

I don't really see the point of the macro :thinking: (or the Smartproperties mask for that matter) ...
why not concatenate the two data directly in the Excel table of the Room Family?