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Rebuild SOLIDWORKS Document

This script checks out the selected SOLIDWORKS document, changes the working directory to the file folder, runs a rebuild macro, and checks the file back into SOLIDWORKS PDM.

Tip

You can download this script directly from the PDMShell Script Library. Open PDMShell, open the Script Library, choose Rebuild SOLIDWORKS Document, and load the script into the active session.

Script

Download the PDMShell script and download the rebuild macro.

checkout -filePath "$localPath"

cd -directory "$folderPath"

runswmacro -filePath "$tempFolder\RebuildMacro.swb" -search "Name=$fileName" -timeout 500

checkin -filePath "$localPath"

What it does

  • Checks out the selected file from SOLIDWORKS PDM.
  • Changes the PDMShell working directory to the selected file folder.
  • Runs a SOLIDWORKS macro against the selected file.
  • Rebuilds the SOLIDWORKS document.
  • Checks the file back into PDM.

Requirements

  • SOLIDWORKS must be installed on the machine running PDMShell.
  • The user must have permission to check out and check in the file.
  • The file should be a supported SOLIDWORKS document, such as .sldprt, .sldasm, or .slddrw.
  • For manual setup, save the macro as RebuildMacro.swb in your Windows temporary folder (%TEMP%). The script refers to this location as $tempFolder\RebuildMacro.swb. Keep the .swb extension, not .swp or .txt.

Macro code

This is the same macro supplied by the Script Library. It rebuilds, saves, and closes the active SOLIDWORKS document. If the download opens as text in your browser, use Save link as to save RebuildMacro.swb.

Test on a backed-up document first. This existing macro does not report rebuild or save failures to the script; do not treat the later check-in as confirmation that the rebuild succeeded.

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    If swModel Is Nothing Then
        Exit Sub
    End If

    Dim modelTitle As String
    modelTitle = swModel.GetTitle

    swModel.ForceRebuild3 True

    Dim errors As Long
    Dim warnings As Long

    swModel.Save3 swSaveAsOptions_e.swSaveAsOptions_Silent, errors, warnings

    swApp.CloseDoc modelTitle

End Sub

Placeholders used

Placeholder Description
$localPath Full local path of the selected file
$folderPath Local folder path of the selected file
$fileName File name of the selected file
$tempFolder Temporary folder in your Windows session
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