The Drive Body Material Generation Task is used to apply a material to a solid body within a part. This can be a material from the default SOLIDWORKS database or your own materials from custom material databases within SOLIDWORKS.
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| (Name) | The unique name for this task. |
| Material Database Name | The name of the SOLIDWORKS materials database, for example custom materials (leave blank to use the default SOLIDWORKS materials database. |
| Material Name | The name of the SOLIDWORKS material in the chosen database (Leave blank to remove the current material). |
| Solid Body Name | The name of the solid body in the part. |
| Configuration Name | The name of the Configuration in which to set the body material. Leave blank for all configurations. |
When this task is added the properties are dynamic by default.
See How To: Change A Static Property To A Dynamic Property to enable rules to be built on these properties.
| Property Name | Example Rule | Example Result | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material Database Name | "CustomMaterials" | CustomMaterials | The name of the SOLIDWORKS material database to use. Leaving this blank will use the default materials database within SOLIDWORKS |
| Material Name | "Plain Carbon Steel" | Plain Carbon Steel | The name of the SOLIDWORKS material in the chosen database to be used. Leaving this blank will remove the current material. |
| Solid Body Name | "Boss-Extrude1" | Boss-Extrude1 | The name of the solid Body that you want to drive the material for in the part. |
| Configuration Name | "Config1" | Config1 | The name of the configuration in which to set the body material. Leaving this blank will drive all configurations. |
This Task can be added to SOLIDWORKS Parts in the following Generation Sequence(s):