myCADtools for SOLIDWORKS
Available exclusively for Visiativ customers in the UK/Ireland and included free with every new SOLIDWORKS licence, myCADtools includes over 50 ways to automate and optimise daily tasks.
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Nobody enjoys itemising parts all day long, printing plans and performing other such dull, repetitive tasks on a regular basis. Step forward SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner product, myCADtools, by Visiativ.
With a small hard drive footprint and running inside the SOLIDWORKS User Interface that youβre used to, myCADtools is simple to configure and implement to both compliment and improve your current workflow.
With over 50 tools, myCADtools promises to revolutionise the way you work with SOLIDWORKS. Every part of your design process is covered, from 3D design, to drawings, to project management, to production, to administration and even SOLIDWORKS UI customisation.
Companies using myCADtools to boost productivity
myCADtools: The Essentials
Here are some of the most popular myCADtools features.
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Watch VideoSmartProperties
Create properties in your SOLIDWORKS Documents.
Standardise properties, create your own item code with counters per project and automatically name your new documents.
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Watch VideoSmartBOM
Extract a BOM with or without SOLIDWORKS from a document or folder.
One step creation of multiple BOMs filtered by type (manufacture, purchase) from an assembly or a Windows folder.
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Watch VideoBatchConverter
Mass export your SOLIDWORKS documents.
Automatically convert a list of SOLIDWORKS documents – Parts, Assemblies or Drawings – into SOLIDWORKS compatible formats: DXF, TIFF, PDF, IGES.
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Watch VideoProjectManager
Easily duplicate your SOLIDWORKS project including all dependencies.
Manage property values, set a new name using counters (like in SmartProperties) and manage folder structure by properties in a SOLIDWORKS ‘Pack and Go’ style interface.
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Watch VideoSheetMetal Manufacturing
Generate a DXF/DWG containing all flat patterns of your sheet metal project.
Get an automated export of every sheet metal part in your project to save time and effort.
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Watch VideoCuttingOptimization
Optimise profile cuts and calculate the optimum bar length for your project.
Save material by optimising weldment profile cuts based on your SOLIDWORKS assembly or parts.
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Watch VideoIntegration
Automatically standardise SOLIDWORKS documents via work rules.
With a library of more than 50 conditions and 100 operations, now you can make mass changes to properties, materials, export, zoom, configurations, sheets, and more!
myCADtools for: Data Management
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Watch Video3DSpacExplorer
Analyse and retrieve a set of documents from 3DSpace.
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Watch VideoBatchProperties
Automatically apply a property list to a set of SOLIDWORKS files.
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Watch VideoCleanProject
Clean the contents of a folder to keep only the items referenced by one or more projects
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Watch VideoDependencies
Redefining a new location in the references of your SOLIDWORKS documents.
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Watch VideoFindDocuments
Search through your files without SOLIDWORKS PDM.
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Watch VideoLocalHelp
Integrate access to your own documentation directly into the SOLIDWORKS task panel.
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Watch VideoProjectExplorer
Managing the files structure of a project in Windows Explorer.
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Take a lookSearchPaths
Easily manage search files declared in SOLIDWORKS.
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Find out moreTreeManager
A set of tools to more easily manage your data from the assembly tree.
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Find out moreUpdateVersion
Automatically convert documents to the latest version of SOLIDWORKS.
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Watch VideoVersionHistory
Display the history of your SOLIDWORKS files detailing every version and service pack.
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Watch VideoWhereUsed
Search the where-used cases of a component (part or assembly).
myCADtools for: Modelling
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Watch VideoBOMComponents
Insert fictitious elements into your 3D design without having the 3D models.
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Watch VideoCloneComponents
Automatically insert and rename your own library components in an assembly.
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Watch VideoColorChart
Apply colours from standard industrial colour charts.
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Watch VideoCreatePoints
Automatically create sketch points on curves or surfaces.
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Watch VideoCreateSections
Create sections by cutting a 3D model by a set of planes.
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Watch VideoCurveData
Automatic creation of 2D or 3D curves from one or more coordinate files.
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Watch VideoCurveEquation
Automatic creation of 2D or 3D curves from parametric equations.
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Watch VideoDriveAssembly
Simulate the behaviour of a mechanism or part by varying dimensions.
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Watch VideoEntityProperties
Apply SOLIDWORKS properties from measurement results.
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Watch VideoGetCoordinates2D
Automatic extraction of coordinates tables from SOLIDWORKS drawing views.
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Watch VideoGetCoordinates3D
Automatic extraction of XYZ annotations or coordinate files from SOLIDWORKS geometry.
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Watch VideoMarkFoldLines
Perform automatic marking cutouts on the fold lines of sheet metal parts.
myCADtools for: Drawing
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Watch VideoAssemblyBoard
Automatic creation of assembly component boards.
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Watch VideoDrawingTranslate
Automatic translation of annotations of one or more drawings.
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Watch VideoEasyPrint
Print your SOLIDWORKS documents with reusable, bespoke print configurations.
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Watch VideoEdgeAnnotations
Create annotations for edges of undefined shape
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Watch VideoFaceFonts
Change the font of the edges of one or more faces in a drawing.
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Watch VideoFontConverter
Convert the fonts of the annotations on your drawings.
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Watch VideoLayerManager
Create and assign layers to annotations and assembly components in the drawing.
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Watch VideoPowerPrint
Automatically print a list of SOLIDWORKS documents to printers depending on format.
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Watch VideoSmartBalloons
Create advanced balloons in assembly drawings using custom properties.
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Watch VideoSmartDrawings
Automatic creation of all definition drawings from all components referenced in an assembly.
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Watch VideoToleranceTable
Create Tolerence Tables easier than ever before!
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Find out moreViewGrid
Displays a helpful positioning grid on assembly views.
myCADtools for: Administration
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Watch VideomyCADpassport
Get access to the myCAD collaboration suite.
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Watch VideoCopyOptions
Standardise a set of SOLIDWORKS documents by copying options from a reference document.
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Find out moreCustomToolbar
Find all your utilities in a fully customisable toolbar.
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Watch VideoTaskPlanner
Schedule the launch of myCADtools utilities.
Our customers say…
βmyCADtools allows us to perform a number of functions very quickly. In particular things like drawing production and the control of released data. As a Visiativ customer, myCADtools is included free with our SOLIDWORKS licence, so it’s a big bonus.β
David Thompson, MD & Founder, Frangus Ltd.
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