Uneditable Custom Properties

[Uncle_Hairball]

Anyone know how to overcome a part with uneditable custom properties? This component came from a supplier.

[zwei]

Without looking at the file, I cannot prpoperly advise...

My first guess is that you had imported the part with 3DInterconnect which link the part to the 3rd party CAD file.
The custom properties are locked when the third-party CAD file and the SOLIDWORKS file are linked. To overwrite these properties, you must break the link.

Try turning off the 3D Interconnect and reimport the file again

[Uncle_Hairball]

Without looking at the file, I cannot prpoperly advise...

My first guess is that you had imported the part with 3DInterconnect which link the part to the 3rd party CAD file.
The custom properties are locked when the third-party CAD file and the SOLIDWORKS file are linked. To overwrite these properties, you must break the link.

Try turning off the 3D Interconnect and reimport the file again

Very good, that is the right answer. I hadn't noticed that it is a linked .step file.

Is there any way to break the link and turn it into a regular Solidworks part?

[JPARKER]

If you right-click on the features in the tree and select "Dissolve Feature" it will break the link to the original CAD file.

[SPerman]

Click on the properties for the part, and make sure there aren't "configuration specific" properties.

I've had the software create those when I did a "save as" on a part. Until I delete them, the print will not recognize the regular custom properties.

[Uncle_Hairball]

Yes, there is one configuration-specific property, but I cannot delete it either. I can add more, but cannot delete existing properties.

[Uncle_Hairball]

If you right-click on the features in the tree and select "Dissolve Feature" it will break the link to the original CAD file.

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

[SolidMuse]

If you do not wish to use the 3DInterconnect you can disable it in the SolidWorks Options.... By default it is toggled on when doing a new install of SolidWorks.