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SolidWorks Tools
 Replace
Text SW
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About
Quickly replacing text in batches of SolidWorks documents has never been easier. Replace Text SW
- a robust and user friendly application - features several modes to select files to be
processed, notably: drag and drop,
specifying Excel lists, or specifying folders. An indispensable
application to every CAD manager and SolidWorks user, Replace Text
SW is designed to save time and money, it is easy to use and
preserves user's options for the next time it runs.
Features
- 5 modes to select files for text
replacing:
drag and drop files from Windows Explorer,
use files from an Excel document list,
process all documents from specified folders,
process all open documents,
process active document only.
- All settings are saved between sessions
- Allows replacing text in large as well
as small batches of documents. Can search
and replace one or more items of text in the
same batch.
Usage
-Start the application by browsing the
menu: All Programs, Office Optimum, Replace
Text SW. This will also start SolidWorks if is not already running.
Then, please
follow these simple instructions describing
each item on Replace Text SW interface:
-SolidWorks Files
Selection; there are 5 modes
to select files. Select the
tab corresponding to your needs:
1.Drag and Drop files from Windows Explorer to
the program interface.
If you change your mind, you can double click to remove
some of the files from the list.
Note that if you drag and drop files of
incompatible format they will be skipped
when the batch process starts.
2.Specify Document List from an Excel file. To
use this mode you first need to have the
SolidWorks document list open in Excel, then to click
Select Excel File button; a window will
pop-up showing all open Excel files. Select
the appropriate Excel file. Next, enter the sheet
number where the list is located in the
Excel file (ex.: enter 1 if the list is in
the first sheet). Specify the column
to read from in the From Column field
by entering the column letter or column
number.
If the paths of the SolidWorks documents are included in the
list, select Document locations are specified
in the selected Excel file option. This
is an example of such list:
If the paths of the documents are not included in the list,
select Use folder option and click
Select folder button to browse to the
folder where SolidWorks documents are located.
This is an example of such list:
At the end of the batch process, the cells
in the Excel file will be marked in green
and red; files successfully opened will be
marked in green, files not found in red and
duplicates will be left unchanged. 3.Specify Folder mode. To use this
mode, first decide if you need to check the
Include SubFolders or not. Then,
click Select folder button and browse
to the folder where SolidWorks documents are located.
All documents found will be listed in the
lower window. You can click Select folder
button again and add other files from a
different folder to the
list. If you wish, you can double click to remove
some of the files from the list.
4.All Open Documents mode allows you to process all currently
open SolidWorks document files. You have the option to close
all files when finished (they will be
automatically saved).
5.Active Document mode processes only the active SolidWorks
document.
-Click
Start Batch button to start
the batch replace text. You can click the Exit/Cancel button to stop a running batch process.
- Confirm each file serves for
pausing the batch process before the text
changing and giving the user the
chance to skip certain
documents from the batch process. When this
check box is on, after opening each drawing,
the user can verify the document, change it,
then decide to process it or skip it
and go to the next document. -As soon as
the batch starts the application switches
itself to Results tab to show the
progress. The results tab gives a detail
report of the changes to each document and
text item. Each text item is listed on a
separate line which shows the file name and
its path, the old text and the new text. The
File Name column provides a link to open the
documents. -Since this application can
process large numbers of documents, as a
protection from erroneous usage, we recommend backing up
your documents before using it.
Screenshots
Drag and Drop mode
Specify Document List mode
Specify Folder mode
Results tab
Note that when Replace Text SW starts it will try to find a
running instance of your SolidWorks software. If
SolidWorks is not running, it will open a
new instance of SolidWorks.
System requirements
SolidWorks 2004 or later
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Operating System Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP
Microsoft Excel 2000, XP or later
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