Configure Data - Content

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The Content tab of the Configure Data dialog box contains information on the standards, components, and properties for Hole Wizard holes and SolidWorks Toolbox components. You can add new standards, toggle the visibility of components, add new sizes to fasteners, etc.

An administrator can restrict modifications to the standards data. Other users can view, but not modify, the restricted data without the administrative password. See User Access Control.

To edit content:

Click Options (Standard toolbar) or Tools, Options.
Click Hole Wizard/Toolbox.

Click Configure.

If the SolidWorks Toolbox add-in is active you can also do one of the following:

Click Toolbox, Configure.
On the Design Library tab of the Task Pane, select Toolbox in the upper pane, right-click in the lower pane, and select Configure.

The Configure Data dialog box appears.

Select the Content tab.

In the left pane, under Standards / Components, the tree lists all available items, organized by standard, category, type, and component.

Set the following options.

Any item in the tree

In columns in the left pane, you can toggle the availability and change the color of any item in the tree.

Enabled . When selected , the standard, category, type, or component is available in the Hole Wizard and Toolbox PropertyManagers. When cleared , it is not available. All the items below it in the hierarchy are also disabled. All items above it in the hierarchy appear with a gray check mark , indicating that one or more items below them are disabled.
Color . Click in the Color column, select a color from the palette, and click OK.

Any Standard

Select any standard in the tree.

Copy Standard. In the right pane, click Copy Standard to derive a user-defined standard from the existing standard. Type a name and click OK. The new standard appears at the bottom of the tree. You can delete items or add values to existing items of a user-defined standard.

Any User-defined Standard, Category, or Type

Select any user-defined standard, category, or type in the tree.

Delete. In the right pane, click Delete to delete the selected item. Then, click Yes to delete the files associated with the selection from disk, or click No to delete the selection from the database but keep the part files on disk.

It is recommended that you click No if you have assemblies or drawings that reference the part files.

Any Component - General Tab

Select any component in the tree, then set options in the right pane:

Description. Displays a name for the component. For components in user-defined standards, you can type to change the name. The name appears in the tree on the left and in the Design Library .
File Name. Displays the path and file name of the component.
Alternate File Name. Type a name for the component. The name appears in the FeatureManager design tree and applies to the file name of the component on disk.

All components in SolidWorks Toolbox have English file names. You can use Alternate File Name to assign localized file names.

Delete (user-defined standards only). Click to delete the component then select:

Delete this fastener from the database to delete the component from the tree, but keep the part file on disk.
Delete this fastener from the database along with the associated part file to delete the part file associated with the component from disk.

Any Component - <property> Tabs

Depending on which component you select in the tree, tabs appear In the right pane for different properties, such as Size and Finish. Set options in the right pane:

Disabled. When selected, the row is not available in the Hole Wizard and Toolbox PropertyManagers.

Rows. Display the values for various properties. You can edit the values of some properties of user-defined standards. For example, you can edit the length and thread length of user-defined bolts and screws.

Delete rows (user-defined standards only). You can select a row and press Delete.
Add rows (user-defined standards only). You can add a new row to add a new size of a component. Type in the cells of the rows marked with an asterisk (*) to add values for a new size.

New rows on one tab may require new, corresponding rows on other tabs. For example, if you add a new row to the Sizes tab of a bolt, you must add a corresponding row to the Length tab. Otherwise, you cannot add the new bolt size to an assembly because it has diameter values but no length values.

Any Component - All Configurations Tab

Generate a list of every possible configuration for a SolidWorks Toolbox component by selecting the All Configurations tab.

You can add part numbers, part descriptions, and comments for each configuration. You can edit the cells in the dialog box or click Export to export the data to Microsoft Excel and edit the data in Excel. After you save the spreadsheet, click Import to import the data into the database for Hole Wizard holes and Toolbox components.

Do not add or delete rows or columns in the Excel spreadsheet. If you want to add a custom property or delete a configuration, you must do so within the Configure Data dialog box.

The values in the Part Number column must be unique.

Create configurations (available when Create Configurations or Create Parts on Ctrl-Drag are selected on the Settings tab). Click to populate the part file with all the configurations on the list. Otherwise, a configuration is added to the part file when you first use the configuration in an assembly.

Create parts (available when Create Parts is selected on the Settings tab). Click to create a part file for each configuration on the list. Otherwise, a part file for a configuration is created when you first use the configuration in an assembly.