@ryan-feeley Thanks mate
I had to massage it a little but it appears to be working now. I still need to cleanup the code a bit, but I am getting the the transformed values now in the CSV file.

SPerman Yip, I have done it that way a few times. I was just thinking of making it easier for other people in the team. Also, by doing it the way I want, I can leave the original part modeled from the scan data and move the coordinate system to suite the Bender. If, for what ever reason, the bender...

Thanks SPerman , ryan-feeley . I saw those websites but I still struggling :? :lol: So I have a 3D sketch for the center line of the exhaust pipe. I have a number of points in the 3D sketch required for the bender. I have created the "New" coordinate system in a location that will work wit...

I want to use scan data from a exhaust pipe to create a bend table for our bender. It uses XYZ and not LRA coordinate system. I can postprocess the scan data to generate a center line based on lines and arcs. I have also create a macro that will generate a CSV file with the XYZ coordinates of each p...

I have done the "loop through all folders and subfolder" thing and it works - it is a bit slow, but will do for now - a lot faster than manual and no errors . There are about 3500 folders and 9000 files to check and it is done in about 5 sec. So it is all good.

bnemec Thanks for the reply. We have our product specific components and then we have generic parts. The generic part numbers start with 000- , so it is easy to separate. The issue is with parts that are not generic, but is used in two or three (max 6) other products. We have about 800 products wit...

We have a small engineering department using Solidworks and PDM. The factory is in a separate building and does not have access to the PDM. We have a folder system on the network with folders for each product. We then have a subfolder for DXF files and a subfolder for PDF drawings. I have created a ...

Hi josh , I have tried to use the same technique as what you have done, but I am struggling. If it was in the VB editor, it would have been a bit easier (Since I don't code that often :D ) but doing in the custom properties field is challenging. In essence, what I want to do is the following (writte...

I have added two lines of to skip sub-assemblies as I am only interested in individual parts. 1 Dim vComps As Variant Dim Cnt As Long Dim i As Long vComps = Assembly.GetComponents(False) For i = 0 To UBound(vComps) If vComps(i).GetSuppression2 <> 0 Then If vComps(i).GetModelDoc2.GetType = swDocPART ...

Yip, will have a new look at it with that in mind, thanks.

Awesome Thanks @zwei

I want to create a custom property for an assembly to show the number of parts in the assembly. Basically I want to Link this to a custom property.

Finally - Thanks to @bnemec I have solved the issue. I had Admin in all the groups and the group policy prevented the "check out by other user" to be check-in.

This is a screen shot of the "Undo check out". I was expecting a warning that the file is checked out on another computer by another user, but that it will still allow me to undo the check out

I have tried both as "Admin" as well as on my account. Both just give me the same screen. It is the same whether I have the "Can undo check out files checked out by other users" selected or not selected. I normally set at group level, not user level.

Dwight . Thanks for the feedback. I would prefer to have the data in the Assembly's custom properties as I am using another macro to populated data for the ERP from the Assembly's custom properties. bnemec The "ZPaint" part is actually a spray gun that is visible in BOM drawing. In the BO...

One of the Pc's in the office died and there were a few files checked out by another user. I have admin rights, but for some reason can I not get the undo check out to work. I use SW2019 with PDM professional. I have done the required permissions etc. but it is not working.

Thanks, I will do it manually then

Thanks, I will have a look at it when your done

I have tried the method recommended by @CarrieIves, but it still the "discontinued" part can still be selected by the designers. Not sure if I did something wrong. I was hoping that all existing assemblies with the discontinued parts will still work as before, but designers should not be a...

The way we address "paint" in our assemblies (mainly for EPR and BOM purposes) is to have a "dummy" part called ZPAINT in all assemblies. This dummy part has many configuration indicating the paint or powder coat process, the colour and the texture. I want the a custom property c...

We have about 800 assemblies in our PDM. Most of these assemblies use some generic parts. From time to time we update these generic parts. The challenge is to to keep the older generic parts in the PDM and keep using it in older designed assemblies, but to prevent designers to use these parts in new...

Thanks, I missed your answer before - got side tracked I can use parts of it but it will still need a few major steps.

We manufacture Tow bars for all vehicles. The Top level assembly consist of between 8 and 20 parts. All parts are very simple Laser cut and bend sheet metal or Tube laser and bend RHS. As part of our drawing package for each part, we create a view "MW-View" on a sheet which include enough ...