Orlandi Stefano
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My name is stefano orlandi and I am an old solidworks user
I used solidworks before version 2000
in my career I used part files in configuration
which contained different parts where the parameters (dimensions) had different dimensions
for different configurations.
these files were comfortable because either with the table or with the command configures quota you can
have a list of size and thus facilitate search.
with the introduction of pdm solidworks the use of parts in configuration is not recommended
because it is difficult to manage.
so I was forced to split the file in configuration into many side files with single configuration.
Unfortunately when there are many files and you want to know if a part of certain size already exists you need to open
all files and check if there is already what you are looking for.
or if in the pdm there are dimensional fields you can do a search for those dimensional fields
always that those who compiled them had the pleasure of coherence between part and part size
registered.
tired of these searches I built a macro that reads all the part files contained in a folder
and read the size values and save them in an exel sheet.
the search in the exel sheet is then very fast.
My problem is that if the model does not exist the size sought the program gives error.
I wondered if a variable date exists in the part model.
which commands I must insert into the macro.
thank you in advance to those who can help me.
I used solidworks before version 2000
in my career I used part files in configuration
which contained different parts where the parameters (dimensions) had different dimensions
for different configurations.
these files were comfortable because either with the table or with the command configures quota you can
have a list of size and thus facilitate search.
with the introduction of pdm solidworks the use of parts in configuration is not recommended
because it is difficult to manage.
so I was forced to split the file in configuration into many side files with single configuration.
Unfortunately when there are many files and you want to know if a part of certain size already exists you need to open
all files and check if there is already what you are looking for.
or if in the pdm there are dimensional fields you can do a search for those dimensional fields
always that those who compiled them had the pleasure of coherence between part and part size
registered.
tired of these searches I built a macro that reads all the part files contained in a folder
and read the size values and save them in an exel sheet.
the search in the exel sheet is then very fast.
My problem is that if the model does not exist the size sought the program gives error.
I wondered if a variable date exists in the part model.
which commands I must insert into the macro.
thank you in advance to those who can help me.