Saving Generated Parts From Design Table As Stand-Alone Part Files

Otto,

You can download a macro to save each configuration as a separate part file at:

Best regards,

John

John,

This is exactly what I am looking for. Are there licensing issues involved in this or can I just use it as is?

Thanks, Otto

Otto,

CADimensions provides this macro as a service to the SolidWorks user community.

Best regards,

John

Hi John,

I'm having a little bit of trouble with this macro. When I tried to run it today and opened one of the generated files, the design table had not been deleted from the new model. Also whenever I edited the design table of the generated model, it generated all of the models that were still in the design table.

I haven't edited the code and even re-downloaded it to try again but am still having this issue. Do you know what could be causing this problem?

Thanks, Otto

another option.

If you have toolbox. you can add this configured file to the toolbox database. set the toolbox database to make separate files for each size of component. then as you drag and drop the configured part into an assembly, you can populate this into separate files. then if needed back out the new additions from toolbox. this should also make separate files for each configurations. iQ

Hi John,

I edited the code a little bit and added the line "ModelDocCopy.DeleteDesignTable" inside of the first for loop in the main function. This fixes the problem I was having and deletes the design table of the generated part.

Thank you again for all of your help, Otto

Otto,

Sorry I didn't respond sooner. I've been out of the office. Your solution is an excellent approach.

This macro was originally written to handle files that had manually created configurations.

Best regards,

John