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SolidWorks Add-in Creation

Public record / CHAT-0316 / Revision EXPORT-03

PUBLIC RECORD
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A conversation-specific public summary of solidworks add-in creation, distilled from the supplied export. The detailed excerpts remain available in the released note file.

STATUSRECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTECLASSIFICATIONSYSMATERIALCHAT EXPORT / BUILD & TOOLSDATE2026.04.18

TECHNICAL NOTES

Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the solidworks add-in creation discussion.

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO FROM CONVERSATION

QUESTION / CONTEXT: What does it take to make an actual add in for solid works? I have a macro that works great for adding inspection ballons to dimensions, I was thinking about making a little more advanced like load a preview of the dim and click where to place the ballon sort of thing

  1. Core command layer
  2. UI layer
  3. Selection / placement workflow
  4. let you select a dimension
  5. show a preview/highlight of the target
  6. wait for a click in the graphics area for balloon placement
  7. then create the balloon at that point
  8. Document/event handling

SPECIFICATION

SourceSupplied ChatGPT export
CategoryBuild & Tools
Conversation1 user turns / 3 assistant turns
Attachments7 references detected
Public detailExtracted knowledge + excerpts

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

2026.04.18EXPORT-04Matched to the supplied export; key guidance is surfaced separately and the raw transcript remains unpublished.