The Export Drawing Table Generation Task allows you to export a table as a text document.
The Table types currently supported for this Generation Task are:
Multi-Sheet Drawings
This Tasks requires requires the specified View Name to be on the currently active sheet.
If the Drawing this Task is run on has more than one sheet use the Activate Sheet Task immediately before running this Task.
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| File Type | Available file extensions are txt (text) and csv (comma separated values). |
| Overwrite File | Overwrites existing file if it exists. |
| Sheet Name | Sheet that the table is on. |
| Table Name | The name of the table in the Drawing, as it appears in the Feature Manager Design Tree. |
| View Name | View to extract the table from. Leave blank if the table is not attached to a view. |
| File Name | The file name to export to. No need to include file extension. Leave blank to use SOLIDWORKS drawing name. |
| File Path | Folder in which you wish the table to be saved to. Leave blank for the current SOLIDWORKS directory. |
When this task is added the properties are static 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| File extension of exported file | Text | Text | The Table will be exported in the .txt file format. |
| Overwrite | TRUE | TRUE | TRUE will overwrite a file if it already exists. |
| Sheet Name | "Sheet1" | Sheet1 | This is the name of the Sheet to extract the table from. |
| Table Name | "Bill of Materials1" | Bill of Materials1 | The name of the table you wish to extract. The name should be written as it is displayed in the Feature Manager Design Tree. |
| View Name | "Drawing View1" | Drawing View1 | This is the view to extract table from. If the table to extract is not attached to a view leave this property blank. |
| File Name | "TableExport" | TableExport | Name you wish the table to be saved as. No file extension needs to be added here. Leaving this blank will use the SOLIDWORKS Drawing name. |
| File Path | "C:\MyDocuments\Tables" | C:\MyDocuments\Tables | The Folder in which you wish the table to be saved to. Leaving this blank will use the current SOLIDWORKS directory. |
This Task can be added to SOLIDWORKS Drawings in the following Generation Sequence(s):