SolidWorks Toolbox Parts (SOLIDWORKS)
This section describes SOLIDWORKS Toolbox parts in Windchill.
• Parts that do not exist in Windchill
• Parts that do exist in Windchill
• Parts that already exist in the Workspace
When using a Toolbox part that has not been used before, it will be “silently” checked in to the Windchill Library to which the preference Define Library Used by Application is set. If a library is not set in this preference, the part will be treated as normal part and the silent check in will not happen. When using a Toolbox part that has been used before and is checked in, that is not available in the workspace but is available in Windchill, the Toolbox part will be silently downloaded to the workspace and will be added to the Assembly. When a Toolbox part is used, SOLIDWORKS automatically checks the cache location (i.e,. the \Create parts in this folder\ location) to see whether the part has already been created. If it has, then it does not try to create/overwrite the existing part, given that the cache location will be programmatically set to the active workspace directory.