{"id":407,"date":"2012-07-24T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T13:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2013-08-14T08:41:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T07:41:54","slug":"customising-solidworks-spell-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/customising-solidworks-spell-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Customising SolidWorks Spell Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7-24-2012SolidWorks has a spell checker?\u00a0 Yup!\u00a0 It\u2019s called Spelling Check and can be invoked on most installs by pressing F7 or by going to Tools<\/em>>Spelling…<\/em>. Spelling Check can be useful when proofreading a drawing.\u00a0\u00a0 You can customize Spelling check by adding more words to its dictionaries.\u00a0 There’re several ways to add words to the Spelling Check.<\/p>\n

Method 1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Run Spelling Check on a drawing which includes new words within annotations.\u00a0 When Spelling Check identifies a new word as a misspelling, simply click the Add<\/em> button in the PropertyManager.\u00a0 This method creates and modifies a file called swdictionary.dic, <\/em>located in the SolidWorks folder under \\lang\\english (or the installation language).\u00a0 The file does not exist until you add your first word.<\/p>\n

Method 2<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you wish to update Spelling Check with a bit more control (adding and deleting words), start Spelling Check and choose the More Options…<\/em> button in the PropertyManager.\u00a0 On the Spelling Options<\/em> dialog, choose Dictionaries <\/em>button.\u00a0 Highlight “swengineering” then choose the Edit <\/em>button.\u00a0 OK, now that you’ve made it here, add and delete words one at a time.\u00a0 This method will edit your swengineering.dic<\/em> file (same location as the swdictionary.dic <\/em>file).\u00a0\u00a0 The limitation is that you cannot delete any already existing words.\u00a0 You can only delete the words that you add.<\/p>\n

\"7-24-2012<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 3<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

In my opinion, the easiest way to add words to Spelling Check in\u00a0 bulk is by\u00a0 editing your swdictionary.dic <\/em>file directly with Notepad.\u00a0 With the file open, add one new word per line.\u00a0 Use all capital letters.\u00a0 Capital letters are not a requirement.\u00a0 It will simply keep the dictionary listings\u00a0 consistent within the file, especially if\u00a0 other words are added later by\u00a0 using\u00a0 Spelling Check.<\/p>\n

Networking<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

As with other similar types of SolidWorks resource files, the swdictinoary.dic <\/em>and swengineering.dic <\/em>files can be located on a network drive for standardization across an enterprize.\u00a0 Presumably, these files should\u00a0 be in the same folder.\u00a0 To set the file location, goto Tools<\/em>>Options…<\/em>>File Locations<\/em> and select Spelling Folder<\/em>.\u00a0 New dictionary files can also be added within Spelling Check’s Dictionary<\/em> window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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