Have you seen our blog archive where we have posted plenty of helpful articles? We also have a fantastic video library filled with easy-to-follow videos on a number of topics inspired by other SOLIDWORKS users – take a look.Īlso, don’t forget to follow us on twitter for daily bite size SOLIDWORKS tips, tricks and videos. Now the toolbox flag is removed from the file, You can be confident that there will be no conflicts with the original toolbox part. You will also find that when you use the component in an assembly, the toolbox icon is no longer used in the assembly tree. Browse to the default installation location C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\Toolbox\data utilities.
If the toolbox flag has been removed you should see the (IsToolboxPart) = (No). SOLIDWORKS installations include an upgrade utility to perform the upgrade. If you need to check that the flag has been removed, highlight the file in the list and click the ‘show selected property’ icon. Set the Document Property to ‘Property state: No’Ĭlick ‘Add Files’ and browse to your newly saved file Right click ‘sldsetdocprop.exe’ and select ‘Run as administrator’ To remove the toolbox flag from the file, follow these steps:īrowse to the \toolbox\data utilities\sldsetdocprop.exe. If the flag remains the next time you access it, the original file may be opened rather than the modified one. All toolbox files have an internal flag, which sets them apart from other SOLIDWORKS files. Naturally the first step is to open up the toolbox file and save as the new file name.īefore you go ahead and make changes to the newly saved part, there is another necessary step to go through to completely divorce this part from the toolbox. Be careful as you make these changes and make sure you select only the files/folders that you are sure you. Run 'sldsetdocprop.exe', add any Toolbox files the user wishes to disable the flag in, set the Property State to 'No', and click Apply. Occasionally, SOLIDWORKS users want to create a new part using an existing toolbox part as the basis for the new part. Go into the SOLIDWORKS installation folder and then go inside the Toolbox/Data Utilities folder. The toolbox files are nested underneath a standard such as BSI and as such conform to that standard in terms of their dimensions. The 'SolidWorks Toolbox' is an accessory that has to be loaded through the menu Tools, Add-ins.' For it to work correctly, we have to load both SolidWorks. For details about managing Toolbox with SOLIDWORKS PDM, see the SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration Tool Guide. Standalone Toolbox installations are recommended only for single-user environments. Within this library you will find nuts, bolts screws washers, gears, O-rings, pins etc. By using a common location, all SOLIDWORKS users share a consistent set of component information. I have tried several parts from toolbox and get this message on all.ĭoes anyone know why this error is coming up? Can't ask the VAR - they never knew this command existed til I showed it to them.The Toolbox is a library of fixings that are supplied with SOLIDWORKS professional. After the Command Prompt is opened, just type or paste the directory of your Solidworks, where you installed it.
I get the error messageĮrror: could not set the document property on file 'C\documents. First of all, type ‘cmd’ into Windows Start search as shown by the green arrow above then click on ‘Command Prompt’. To check the properties of swbrowser.sldedb right-click on the file and select Properties.
Make sure that you have write access to swbrowser.sldedb, located the lang/engish folder of the Toolbox directory.
If you have Toolbox in the vault, you will need to have your primary client (the first SOLIDWORKS user you plan to upgrade) check out the Toolbox before you start your upgrade. Here is the Process to manually update Toolbox: Make a copy of your existing SolidWorks Data folder, for backup purposes. 1.This first step is an important one that shouldn’t be skipped. That is the quality of site that this is and the quality of the members.īack to the problem - we just loaded SW2010 and I tried the above for the first time (and for the first time in many months). Upgrading SOLIDWORKS PDM Servers Ultimate Guide. I asked the question on this site and got the correct answer in less then 30 minutes. Just for background the owner went back and forth with the VAR for 6+ months trying to get this answer as well as trying several other places. "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\Toolbox\data utilities\sldsetdocprop.exe" Load the file and select no for the property state. Awhile ago I voiced a problem here about breaking a toolbox connection so I could make my bolts individual parts.