I've been trying to decypher this SolidWorks Help for a while and I guess I just don't understand. In this: http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/LegacyHelp/Sldworks/drawings/Linking_Notes_to_Document_Properties.htm, it says:
"To automatically insert information in a drawing, you can link note text in the drawing sheet or drawing sheet format to document properties. For the procedure to add a link in a note, see Link to Property.
All SolidWorks documents have system-defined properties, including the following:
Property Name | Value |
SW-Author | Author field in Summary Information dialog box |
...and it goes on for quite a few items including dates and material. The only property links that work for me are file name and folder name everything else I've always had to enter manually. As we get busier it would be nice to have this working.
I haven't been able to figure out where to add information for "checked by", "eng approval", "material", "finish" etc. Even though I put the material on the solid or the design journal it just doesn't show up automatically. AND even though it's suposed to return "ERROR" if the information isn't found the only thing that does is "weight" and "scale"(I think). I assume the links have to refer someplace for the information but where? The "properties" of the Anotations in the Title Block are set to use custom properties from "current document" but it doesn't seem to make any difference how it's set. Am I suposed to create an Database or something in the drawing folder attached to the drawing, or model, somehow, for a reference? Just stabbing in the dark since at this oint I'm lost...
jw
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