- [Instructor] On SOLIDWORKS drawings,
we can create links back to custom properties
of the individual part that shown on the screen.
To do that, we want to first edit the sheet format.
So I'm going to right click here anywhere on the sheet
and say Edit Sheet Format.
And now we're modifying the actual sheet format.
Notice it turns blue,
and if you actually mouse over,
or hover over some of the information on the sheet,
notice I get that little $PRPSHEET.
Let's see if we can get it to pop back up.
You kind of mouse right over it,
or any of one these other ones here.
So you notice it's that $PRP Solid Works file name
and so on.
So that is the cryptic name behind there
that is linked to that part.
To create that little link between the custom property
and this label or annotation here,
we need to go over here to Annotation.
Come over here to Note.
Create a new note, but instead of typing it in, right?
I'm going to go over here and link it to a custom property.
We also have the option over here
to link to like a hyperlink,
if you want to type in a value for a hyperlink,
you could type there, it'll show up on your drawing.
Or come over here to the Custom Properties.
So you can link to the current document,
or you can link to the model.
And I'm trying to link to the model here.
And you also have a couple options here so you can say,
selected components or drawing view specified.
Your choice, so pick one of those.
And notice over here
I can choose one of those custom properties.
So if I come down here to maybe like, The Material.
Notice this label automatically changes
to what that material is on the part we have in the drawing.
Right? You can choose that or anyone of these other things
and link it back together.
Once you're done, click on okay,
and now that has been added to your drawing.
So if you use the same template
for a different part with a different material,
that new material will automatically show up here as well.
Then notice I have this exact same label right down here.
So if you want to swap those out,
hit escape to get out of that command
and then bring up this one here.
Drag this guy down here and set it up however you want.
But because we have two of them, we don't need two.
Let's go ahead and delete one of those
and then bring this one back down there.
So you can set up your sheet format correctly this way.
Notice over here I over here I don't have
a drawn by or checked by name or date in here.
This is one I'd actually go in and create a label for.
So you'd come over here to Note, click over here
instead of typing it in.
Of course I want to go back over here
and I want to go over here to the model found.
And let's go in there and say, drawn by.
So drawn by, here it is.
And it says, evaluating to U NAME,
which is what we have in the actual part.
Click okay and now we have, U NAME, over here.
So it's a little bit big so click in there.
We can modify the size by choosing here
and just going to like 10.
We can change the font if we wanted to
and then just drag that into the drawn by.
Still a little bit big.
Let's click on it one more time, double click
and make that let's say eight.
All right!
Now it's in there.
Move it around a little bit
and you can see that it's pulling that data
from the part you have.
So if I undo that, now it shows up here.
And if I go back to the individual part,
notice it's pulling the custom properties
from the custom properties of the part.
So here is the part itself.
Let's go ahead and expand that out a little bit
and it says drawn by and it says, U NAME.
So obviously you'd put your name,
not just U NAME there.
(giggling)
But if you put your correct name there
it'll automatically show up on the drawing
and you should be all set
using custom properties and linking them together
back to meta data that is stored with your part.