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I hope I can explain the mentality behind my own toolbox Same thing exist for bolts washer pins or etc. You may add several size inside part over excel lines and may use multiple sizes over a single part file.Īnd if you plan make good plans for producing additional materials you will be have advantage of this.įor example I produced every bolt file along the y axis and mate my bolts to holes as concentric from origin point of bolt to face of hole and if I need to switch from DIN933 to DIN912 there won't be any misaligned mate or mate error. It’s a DIN933 bolt linked with an excel file. You'll understand me if you have a look at the file I'd uploaded for you. Instead of doing I'm started to building up a library that consist of part files which are produced by me then configured with an excel file. The next time when you open this part it doesn’t take the reference from Toolbox.I understand your point and may suggest you same thing what I'm doing.Īctually I don't want to use SW Toolbox anymore because It's hard to browse and navigate It needs sw premium, when i send a design to someone he can’t see toolbox file or see biggest sizes of toolbox files or some other issues that we always discuss in forums, so I quit using SW toolbox. Now, you will able to use, change or modify this Toolbox Component as a normal SOLIDWORKS part. This will remove the Toolbox flag and the part will now behave like a normal When click “update status” you must close that part in SOLIDWORKS. Now, when you insert the part in assembly it doesn’t shows the Toolbox Component or it shows normal part symbol in feature design tree which confirms that the link with Toolbox Component has been broken.
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Now, run that program again and you’ll be able to add that files have a Toolbox flag, simply:įrom the above (Is Toolbox Part) = (No) shows that it is free from the reference of Toolbox or Toolbox property. When you insert the part in assembly it again shows the Toolbox Component symbol feature design tree which confirms it still behave like as Toolbox Component. When you use a new component size in SOLIDWORKS, Toolbox updates the master part file to record the configuration information or creates a part file for the size, depending on your user preference. Run that program and you’ll be able to add that files have a Toolbox flag, simply:įrom the above (Is Toolbox Part) = (Standard) shows that it have the reference of Toolbox or Toolbox property. The Toolbox library contains a folder of master part files for supported standards along with component size and configuration information. Then, inside the Toolbox\Data Utilities folder you’ll see a program called You can remove this flag very easily to have the part be treated as a normal SOLIDWORKS part by running a utility that is installed with SOLIDWORKS.īrowse into the SOLIDWORKS installation folder which is usually located at:Ĭ:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS Now when you create assembly by using this part, you may come across the toolbox symbol in the feature manager design tree which Indicating it’s still going to be treated as a Toolbox file in file references. Initially open any Toolbox Component which you want to convert into a SOLIDWORKS part and save it in desktop or any local folder.įor example Hexagon Head Bolt as shown below. Now let us see how we can change the Toolbox Component into a normal SOLIDWORKS part. Customization of SOLIDWORKS Standard Toolbox is another topic that we can discuss in the different blog. But some people may use customized Toolbox. Most of us using these standard toolboxes only. Uncheck the option “makes this folder the default search location for Toolbox Components” can also rectify the problem like changing your customized Bolts, Nuts and Washers to the SOLIDWORKS standard Toolbox components once the part or assembly file closed after you save it. Once you uncheck this option, then you may use any customized Bolts, Nuts and Washers created by the user which is not available from Solidworks standard Toolbox. If you use any toolbox components means, it automatically takes the reference from the “SOLIDWORKS Data xxxx” folder unless you uncheck the option “makes this folder the default search location for Toolbox Components” as shown in the below image. You can find the Toolbox location from the below image. Toolbox is nothing which contains Bolts, Nuts and Washers with different sizes and shapes which is created in SOLIDWORKS itself by default according to its usage by users and availability in market. 0 Comments What is meant by Toolbox in SOLIDWORKS?