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HOW TO CHANGE/SWAP TEMPLATE/SYSTEM OPTIONS IN SOLIDWORKS

August 21, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

I have heard this request many times so putting it up over here. The whole credit for this should go to Stefan Berlitz of http://solidworks.cad.de/ http://swtools.cad.de . Without his wonderful macro, this option might not have been possible.

Before starting the process I will strongly advice you to make a backup of the files.

  1. Open you part, drawing or assembly file from which you want to copy the Tool, Options> System Options /Document Properties Settings.
  2. Open the Excel based macro and choose the tab based on type of you file.
  3. In the Excel sheet, click on “Get. Options”. This will copy the Document Properties Settings for that particular file. Repeat same for System Options.
  4. Close the SW file.
  5. Now open you part, drawing or assembly file to which you want to copy these setting or overwrite their setting with these one.
  6. Go back to Excel sheet and click on “Set Options” for both System Options and Document Properties Settings.

Cool, enjoy with your new part, drawing or assembly file template.

Get the macro here: mac_copydoc.zip

Lot of thanks to Stefan Berlitz for sharing his macro. He has also explained how to use this macro in a much efficient way in the same excel file.

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  1. ittimin
    March 22, 2012 at 9:55 PM | #1
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    It all seemed to work fine in the excel doc, however the drawing border didn’t change in the drawing I was trying to update the template on. : ( Does anyone know why this might be?

  2. warez
    April 24, 2010 at 2:27 AM | #3
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    Bravo, what words… a remarkable idea

  3. Thyagarajan
    March 6, 2010 at 2:06 PM | #4
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    Nice tool for Swaping the template.
    Easier and faster.

    Thanks.

    • yugandhar
      June 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM | #5
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      Hi,
      Do u have the Drawing template with u as per iso standards
      Can u send me.

      • Deepak Gupta
        June 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM | #6
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        No but you can refer to a design handbook to set your templates or use the standard ISO templates available in SolidWorks

  4. pacquiao vs cotto
    October 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM | #7
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    this works perfect. very useful macro..

    mark :)

  5. Sonu
    October 5, 2009 at 7:48 AM | #8
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    Paul, very good advice. It’s faster and far better than macro discussed above.

    Sonu

  6. Paul Marsman
    August 28, 2009 at 6:06 PM | #9
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    Now you can accomplish this same thing with Drafting Standards for Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings. For system options you can use the Copy Setting Wizard

    • Deepak Gupta
      August 31, 2009 at 7:55 AM | #10
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      Paul,

      This is mostly useful for the people with older SW versions and I find it quite handy too.

  7. Richard Williams
    August 23, 2009 at 9:43 AM | #11
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    Very nice advice here Deepak, I’ll go give it a try. Thanks.

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