Exporting dims from Solidworks to excel

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by pietra85, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. pietra85

    pietra85 Guest

    Hi,
    I need to export dimensions from Solidworks drawing to excel (or other
    editor) but I can't find anywhere that option, do you know how to do
    it????

    Thanks for help in advance.
    Arek
     
    pietra85, Oct 23, 2007
    #1
  2. pietra85

    iQ Guest

    my thought here is in the model you can create a design table and let
    it auto-populate it with data from the model (2007 function). this
    data will be in Excel table which you can sort through and copy and
    paste out of it. iQ
     
    iQ, Oct 23, 2007
    #2
  3. There is another way:

    -Create a custom property for the dimension(s) you want to export
    -in the value/text expression field place the property of the dimension you
    want, it will look something like this: "RD1@"
    (don't forget the quotations)
    where the RD1@Annotations is the name of the dimension you want, obtained
    from the more properties dialog of the dimension property. And the
    @M01-AE-020.Part is the file name.
    -once you have them all done create a custom table on a drawing that calls
    in all the values and do a save as CSV and import into excel.

    For instance you could use the properties length, width, thickness to
    generate a sum of all the lengths of angle in a project. You may also want
    to add the quantity property in case there is more than one of an item then
    manipulate you spreed sheet to multiply the length by the quantity to give a
    sub total.

    Hope this gives you an idea.

    Steve R
     
    Steve Reinisch, Oct 23, 2007
    #3
  4. There is another way:

    -Create a custom property for the dimension(s) you want to export
    -in the value/text expression field place the property of the dimension you
    want, it will look something like this: "RD1@"
    (don't forget the quotations)
    where the RD1@Annotations is the name of the dimension you want, obtained
    from the more properties dialog of the dimension property. And the
    @M01-AE-020.Part is the file name.
    -once you have them all done create a custom table on a drawing that calls
    in all the values and do a save as CSV and import into excel.

    For instance you could use the properties length, width, thickness to
    generate a sum of all the lengths of angle in a project. You may also want
    to add the quantity property in case there is more than one of an item then
    manipulate you spreed sheet to multiply the length by the quantity to give a
    sub total.

    Hope this gives you an idea.

    Steve R
     
    Steve Reinisch, Oct 25, 2007
    #4
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