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Management of Toolbox parts can be a headache, especially if they are used in a PDM\/PLM environment. \u00a0There is a little known fact that may help some CAD administrators with their Toolbox file management issues.\u00a0 By default, any files from the Toolbox are flagged with a hidden property called \u201cIsToolboxPart\u201d.\u00a0 To make SolidWorks forget that a part is from the Toolbox, this property must be set to \u201cNo\u201d for each individual file.\u00a0 SolidWorks has a small utility buried deep in its folder structure that does just that. \u00a0It\u2019s called \u201cSet Document Property\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"setdocprop\"<\/p>\n

To access it, run the file at this location \u201cC:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\Toolbox\\data utilities\\sldsetdocprop.exe<\/em>\u201d in most cases. \u00a0Once the program is open, it\u2019s fairly self-explanatory.\u00a0 Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Management of Toolbox parts can be a headache, especially if they are used in a PDM\/PLM environment. \u00a0There is a little known fact that may help some CAD administrators with their Toolbox file management issues.\u00a0 By default, any files from the Toolbox are flagged with a hidden property called \u201cIsToolboxPart\u201d.\u00a0 To make SolidWorks forget that … Continue reading “Turn Toolbox parts into regular parts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[419,4,18,3],"tags":[1116,1117],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-mngmt","category-how-to","category-part","category-tipstricks","tag-document-property","tag-toolbox"],"yoast_head":"\nTurn Toolbox parts into regular parts - 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