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SolidWorks Automation VBA

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

STATUSRECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTECLASSIFICATIONSYSMATERIALCHAT EXPORT / BUILD & TOOLSDATE2026.02.18

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Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the solidworks automation vba discussion.

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO FROM CONVERSATION

QUESTION / CONTEXT: I have 60 tags I need to create in solid works that are the same material and size only the etched name changes and I want to automate the process quickly from an excel file to have prints, pdfs and dxfs when ive finished writing the vba

  1. One master tag part (same material/size/features)
  2. A drawing template for the print
  3. Excel loops your 60 names → updates the etch text → saves SLDPRT + PDF + DXF per row
  4. Create `TAG_MASTER.SLDPRT`
  5. Your etched name should be one feature you can edit by code:
  6. Best: Sketch Text (engrave) driven by a custom property like `TAG_NAME`
  7. Or: a Text feature / sketch you can edit directly
  8. *Recommended: link Sketch Text to a property:

SPECIFICATION

SourceSupplied ChatGPT export
CategoryBuild & Tools
Conversation1 user turns / 1 assistant turns
Attachments1 references detected
Public detailExtracted knowledge + excerpts

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

2026.02.18EXPORT-04Matched to the supplied export; key guidance is surfaced separately and the raw transcript remains unpublished.