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PDM Property-Replicating

Many PDM programs require Drawing Files to contain their own Custom Properties even though the properties have already been entered once in the SolidWorks models they reference. This is a sample macro that illustrates replicating the model properties in the current drawing.

  SolidWorks World 2005 Presentation

Shows how to take SolidWorks Macro programming beyond the beginner stage with some powerful programming techniques not often taught in beginning programming references.  Topics include using the FileSystemObject to move and copy files along with the SW API to properly Re-reference them.  The presentation also shows how to add Common dialogs through the Windows Shell and Windows API, since Common Dialogs are not included in the SW VBA toolbox.  Finally, an introduction to Regular Expressions provides some ultra-powerful string matching capabilities that will make your code compact and efficient.  Download includes Powerpoint presentation with extensive notes, as well as screen-capture movie segments to illustrate.

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