Assign Custom Property to a Variable

Mar 17, 2006 3 Replies

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Blair Sutton 20 years ago

I want a custom property "Area" to be assigned to "SW-SurfaceArea" with a macro (or automatically to large number of existing files). For new files, I've added property to template.

The manual way to do this is go to Custom Properties Property Name: Area Type: Text Value: " snipped-for-privacy@Part1.sldprt" (select from scrolldown)

How do I add Property and value(referencing file) with a macro?

I use the following line and get SW-SurfaceArea for Value. I need "SW-SurfaceArea" to be evaluated. How do I get the quotes?

retval = Part.AddCustomInfo3("", "AREA", swCustomInfoText,"SW-SurfaceArea")

Thanks, Blair

BTW: I'd prefer a dynamic link, so I haven't used GetMassProperties

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Keith Streich 20 years ago

How about a batch update program? I've tried Propagater in the past with great success! It's at

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and has a free trial "light version" and the full blown package is $50 (well worth the price vs. programming something yourself).

Keith

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Fye 20 years ago

You can try my macro if you like:

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Blair Sutton 20 years ago

Thanks Keith and Steve for the responses.

Keith, Propagator does add "smart" mass properties which was what I wanted.

Steve, Thanks for sharing your Macros. Batch-Add-Macros add the smart properties that I want. It also allowed me to peek inside and see that I had to put together a string with " in the form of ch(34) to keep the quotes necessary.

Thanks for the useful help.

Sincerely, Blair

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