Locate where a part is being used
In general the WhereUsed functionality is really useful for designer in order to see quickly and accurately where a particular file is being used. This is really valuable and may save the user from costly mistakes e.g. when making modifications to existing SolidWorks files.
SolidWorks Explorer provides WhereUsed functionality as well. The differences compared to CustomTools are:
- It does not work inside SolidWorks but in separate application
- It searches file references when command is launched in defined folders. This can make command really slow and does not necessary include all references. On the other hand results are always up-to-date since does not rely on information stored in database.
Benefits:
- User can easily check which SolidWorks files are referencing to selected file
- High performance since file references are read from database
- Command can be launched in several different ways inside SolidWorks (for active document, for selected component, for selected file in several CustomTools file listings)
Value to end-user:
- This can be very valuable to end-user when CustomTools is configured properly. For random evaluation version user this does not bring much value since files are not yet in database
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