I'm looking for a little input on the way to tackle aprroblem. I'm attempting to modify the cutlist of a weldment toinclude the custom properties of any inserted parts such asbrackets , etc.

The good news is that the parts are included in the cutlist andit's a relatively easy task to add the values into the cutlist. Theproblem is that when the part is inserted, the custom propertiesare not brought in and stored with the part.

Could someone suggest the best way to collect this information whenthe user inserts the part? In AutoCAD I would just write my owncustom routine that lets the user specify the part and thenextracts the info from the part selected by the user before usingthe API to actually insert the part.

Is there a bettrer way? Can the info in the custom properties of apart be extracted on the fly if the part is not open in Solidworks?That would be the ideal situation.

Any help would be appreciated since I'm very new to Solidworks.


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