ENGINEERING STUDY / SEARCHJS—02
Assembly Part Search Tool
A SolidWorks VBA search and navigation tool for large assemblies, with ranked text matching and temporary visibility isolation.
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SolidWorks Automation Workflow Collection
A curated collection of SolidWorks automation workflows for assembly search, fabrication drawings, DXF export, BOM integration and parametric workholding concepts.
Read code & workflow ↗
Explore the code, workflow and required setup.
MY FOCUSI organized related automation workflows around recurring design and manufacturing tasks, with individual case studies describing each tool.
ENGINEERING VALUE
Makes the automation work easier to explore by engineering task and reuse through documented project examples.
ENGINEERING STUDY / DRAWINGJS—02
Engineering concept illustration.
01 / THE PROBLEM
The engineering challenge.
Recurring CAD tasks benefit from reusable automation with clear inputs, dependencies and output checks.
02 / CONSTRAINTS
What the solution must consider.
- Each tool has its own SolidWorks version, template, form and model-property requirements.
03 / ENGINEERING APPROACH
Reasoning before geometry.
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Reusable workflow design
Group related tools by engineering task and document their inputs, dependencies and outputs.
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Individual project examples
Explore assembly search, cope-detail generation, batch DXF export, sheet-metal export and BOM integration through their dedicated case studies.
04 / DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION
Connecting intent to execution.
The collection connects small task-focused macros with larger CAD-to-manufacturing workflows. Source examples and case studies document the tools individually.
- Assembly search and navigation
- Drawing and DXF export
- BOM-to-material-planning integration
- Parametric workholding concepts
05 / VALIDATION
The checks behind the design.
Engineering workflow
Evaluate each tool through its individual calculation checks, runtime dependencies and output checks. The collection links these workflows without aggregating their test results or performance.
06 / OUTCOME
The value of the work.
Makes the automation work easier to explore by engineering task and reuse through documented project examples.
THE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLE
Automate the workflow, including its failure cases.
Reliable engineering automation needs input checks, predictable output, clear diagnostics and a way to verify that quantities and references were preserved. Saving clicks alone is not sufficient evidence of correctness.
A question for a technical conversation
What would you test when the input is incomplete, duplicated or outside the tool’s supported scope?
LET’S BUILD SOMETHING THAT WORKS
Good design belongs
on the shop floor.
Considering a role in mechanical design, manufacturing methods,
fixture design, or estimation? Let’s connect.