{"id":5384,"date":"2017-12-01T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T09:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T09:09:53","slug":"solidworks-hints-tips-adding-custom-material-properties-to-toolbox-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/solidworks-hints-tips-adding-custom-material-properties-to-toolbox-components\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Hints &#038; Tips &#8211; Adding custom material properties to Toolbox Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can create a list custom property that is linked to the SOLIDWORKS Materials library. The video below will show how to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOLIDWORKS Hints &amp; Tips - Adding custom material properties to Toolbox Components\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3dxVGqofnd0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"section context\">\n<h2 class=\"p stem\">To create a material property:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>From Windows, click <strong>Start<\/strong> &gt; <strong>All Programs<\/strong> &gt; <strong>SOLIDWORKS version<\/strong> &gt; <strong>SOLIDWORKS Tools<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Toolbox<\/strong> <strong>Settings<\/strong> <span class=\"ph cmd\"><span class=\"ph menucascade\"><span class=\"ph uicontrol\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2018\/english\/solidworks\/toolbox\/qhi1484229916886.image\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>2 &#8211; Customize Your Hardware<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>On the Customize Hardware page, select the folder or individual component to apply the custom property to.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Custom Properties<\/strong>, click <strong>Add New Custom Property<\/strong> <span class=\"ph cmd\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2018\/english\/solidworks\/toolbox\/kxj1495219711738.image\" \/><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>In the Custom Property Definition dialog box, type the <strong>Property Name<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Options<\/strong>, set options as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Type<\/strong>, select <strong>List<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Link<\/strong> <strong>to SW<\/strong> <strong>material<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Material<\/strong>, click <strong>Select<\/strong> and select a material from the list.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Value<\/strong>, type a name for the material in the list.<\/li>\n<li>For properties that require a configuration name, type a <strong>Suffix<\/strong> and an optional separator.<br \/>\nYou can delete a list value by clicking <strong>Delete\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/help.solidworks.com\/2018\/english\/solidworks\/toolbox\/kxb1490024487133.image\" \/><\/strong> in the value row.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat steps 6 though 8 for additional list items.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"title sectiontitle\">Material Property Example<\/h2>\n<p>In the Custom Property Definition dialog box:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"txm1450474079249__ol_C0D3519675C04C48948EC3F5E23BA79F\" class=\"ol\">\n<li><span id=\"txm1450474079249__li_ADFC49E211F6469BADCF367F780AFABE\" class=\"li\">Create a list property called <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Material<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"txm1450474079249__li_FFE5ACC7696340478616E839EA09C3C3\" class=\"li\">Select <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Add as configuration specific property<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Link to SW material<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"li\">In the value list, select the materials and type the values:<\/span>\n<div class=\"tablenoborder\">\n<table id=\"txm1450474079249__table_510A2C3B49404740A5A7E2B70CDDEE30\" class=\"table\" border=\"1\" summary=\"\" frame=\"hsides\" rules=\"rows\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Material<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Value<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Plain Carbon Steel<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\">PCarSteel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">ABS PC<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry nocellnorowborder\">ABSpoly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row\">\n<td class=\"entry row-nocellborder\"><strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Brass<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"entry row-nocellborder\">Brass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p\">Because you did not select <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Each value for this property requires a new configuration name<\/span><\/strong>, no suffixes are required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">On the <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Customize Hardware<\/span> <\/strong>page, select (enable) the custom property for a component. In the right pane, you can specify <strong><span class=\"ph uicontrol\">Plain Carbon Steel<\/span><\/strong> as the default value and clear any material value that is not used for this particular component.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can create a list custom property that is linked to the SOLIDWORKS Materials library. The video below will show how to achieve this. 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