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RECORD: CHAT-0312
TOPIC: SolidWorks 2025 Auto Drawing
IMPORTED: 2026.02.10

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EXTRACTED REQUEST: solid works 2025, I am wanting to write a program that automatically creates a print from the part I have open with dimensions

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1. solid works 2025, I am wanting to write a program that automatically creates a print from the part I have open with dimensions

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. Yep — you can do this in SOLIDWORKS 2025 with a macro/add-in using the SOLIDWORKS API. The big “gotcha” is that SOLIDWORKS can’t reliably “auto-dimension like a human” from scratch in every case. What it *can* do very well is: 1) Create a drawing from the active part (your standard template) 2) Drop in standard views (3rd angle: Front/Top/Right) 3) Auto-insert the model’s dimensions/annotations *IF* those dimensions exist in the model and are eligible to be inserted (e.g., “marked for drawing” dimensions, or DimXpert/MBD dims) via the API examples SOLIDWORKS provides. [embedded media omitted]. Best-practice workflow (so the automation works) Option A (most common): “Model Items / Marked for Drawing” - While mo…

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- Create a drawing from the active part (your standard template)
- Drop in standard views (3rd angle: Front/Top/Right)
- Auto-insert the model’s dimensions/annotations *IF* those dimensions exist in the model and are eligible to be inserted (e.g., “marked for drawing” dimensions, or DimXpert/MBD dims) via the API examples SOLIDWORKS provides. [embedded media omitted]
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- While modeling, ensure important dims are real model dimensions (sketch/feature dims).
- Mark the ones you want in drawings as “Marked for drawing” (this is what the API insertion example targets). [embedded media omitted]
- If you use DimXpert dimensions (esp. for MBD), those can be imported into drawing views too. [embedded media omitted]
- Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
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