HawkWare™

HawkWare Tools 2013

A collection of productivity enhancing add-ins for SolidWorks users that speed up your daily tasks and add functionality that SolidWorks lacks otherwise.  With over 10 enhancement requests addressed for the 2013 release, HawkWare Tools is the most robust, free SolidWorks utility available today.  Here are some of the 23 available utilities

SolidWorks Performance Monitor Monitor your RAM usage and GDI Handles Bulk Export Utility Export a group of SolidWorks files to multiple formats at 1 time Folder Custom Properties Report Get a detailed report of all the SolidWorks custom properties for a group of files Assembly component Save-As On the fly Save-As operations for assembly components directly from the assembly interface Copy Assembly Custom Properties to Components Push all or selected assembly custom properties to its components Remove Component Colors Automatically remove all assembly level custom properties from the assembly Remove face, feature or body specific colors from the part level Where-Used Table Insert a Where-Used table into drawings Explode Configurations Explode all configurations into distinct files

• SolidWorks Performance Monitor
• Monitor your RAM usage and GDI Handles
• Bulk Export Utility
• Export a group of SolidWorks files to multiple formats at 1 time
• Folder Custom Properties Report
• Get a detailed report of all the SolidWorks custom properties for a group of files
• Assembly component Save-As
• On the fly Save-As operations for assembly components directly from the assembly interface
• Copy Assembly Custom Properties to Components
• Push all or selected assembly custom properties to its components
• Remove Component Colors
• Automatically remove all assembly level custom properties from the assembly
• Remove face, feature or body specific colors from the part level
• Where-Used Table
• Insert a Where-Used table into drawings
• Explode Configurations
• Explode all configurations into distinct files

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Add References

This tool provides the Enterprise PDM user with a file browsing interface to create file references. Instead of checking out a file, copying the target file, pasting as reference and then checking in the source file, the user only needs to right click on the source file and choose the appropriate references to attach. This saves lots of time and mouse clicks when creating your own references.
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Variable Creator

This application rapidly creates variables in Enterprise PDM Vault. The variables can be read from a list or follow a sequential pattern (e.g. Vendor1, Vendor2,…etc) and can be linked to custom properties.
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Folder Creator

This application will allow you to create new folders in an Enterprise PDM vault in one step. You can create folders based on a numerical pattern or from a list.
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BOM Exporter

An Enterprise PDM Add-in that collects SolidWorks generated bills of materials (BOM’s) from multiple drawings in the vault and exports them to a text or Excel file. The drawings can be selected based on a folder or individually.
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CADFIT

Designed to help SolidWorks users take control of their data.  The free summary report will give you a high level overview of missing references, out of context references, duplicate files and file count by directory and file extension for your SolidWorks data.  In addition, these results will be graded to let you know if you data is in good shape or if you need to consider making a change.  If you would like to dig deeper into any potential issues, a detailed report that lists each issue is available for a fee.
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HawkWare - Auto Document Number (ADN) - $995

Auto Document Number enhances the already impressive numbering capability present in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM by providing users a significantly more customizable interface.  ADN allows you to set up to 4 categories of prefix/suffix information to attach with a general number incrementer.  For example, your number could be Product Line-Product Type-Material-XXXX, Product Line-Product Type-XXXX-Material or any other combination you would like with up to 4 categories.  ADN will even rename your file with the new serial if you choose.  Best of all, each numbering scheme increments independently of the next so numbers don't get skipped.  If you need more flexibility than Enterprise PDM can provide out of the box, this application is for you.
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HawkWare - Card Plus - $495

Our Card Plus application adds a great deal of functionality directly to your data cards in Enterprise PDM and can be accessed with a simple button on the data card.  Card Plus give you 4 distinct functions otherwise unavailable in EPDM:

• Print or Export - You can print your data card information to an easily readable form or export that same information in .txt or .csv format
• Send Messages - Send file specific messages to other users and include links to multiple files in Enterprise PDM.
• View Variable History - See a table showing how data card values have changed with each version/revision
• Filtered File History - Trim the history of a file down to show only specific actions such as revision bumping or file renames or filter actions by specific users.

 

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HawkWare - Rollback to Last Revision - $249

This application is great if you would like to allow users rollback functionality but limit how far they can rollback.  Accessed through a right click or via a workflow transition, Rollback to Last Revision will remove all versions of a file up to the last time its revision was incremented.  This is great for making trial changes to a released document and deleting them if they don't work or for allowing users rollback flexibility without the worry of going too far.
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HawkWare - Sync Card Variable- $495

If you have ever wanted the properties on your drawing to be synchronized with the properties on the driving model (Part of Assembly), you are not alone.  Sync Card Variables offers this functionality during the check-in process of your files. If a property on the part file was changed, the property will be copied over to the drawing file upon check in. Best of all, you can choose to sync all properties or only specific ones and the application can be turned on per drawing if you don't want to use it globally.
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