All Customworks 6 versions

Table mode items can now read quantity information from SOLIDWORKS BOM Quantity propertyset in model and cut-list properties.

A custom action has been added to allow fetching of local copies of drawing files from SWPDM vault.

A support for SOLIDWORKS 2026 version has been added.

All profile tree sections have now been separated as individual tabs in profile editor.

A separate mode has been created for CustomWorks make independent function.

Properties mode input selector selections have been made easier to understand.

A separate variable target settings has been added for variable custom actions which allows e.g. clearing a value from configurations even when the variable itself is defined being a model property target.

JSON list editor did not work in light/dark user interface themes.

Invalid characters now produce an error in the table.

Export order now correcltly follows table settings.

A settings has been added to installer that by default sets new user interface theme as active.

CustomWorks input mode in properties mode is now accessible in activity API using CustomWorks.VariableSource.

Document configurations can no be iterated in activity API using ForEachConfiguration activity block.

License activation was broken, as our servers were upgraded to use TLS 1.2. This issue has now been fixed.

Copying documents failed if project variable was used in file names and it had a number generator. This combination works after installing this update.

Export mode user interface and operation has been updated.

Configuration-specific document expressions such as "SW-Mass" etc. are now updated correctly to reflect to the configuration they are stored in.

Copy mode has been changed to explicitly add new files to vault.

Stability improvements in SOLIDWORKS selection handling

When table view was detached as separate window the target directory selection window could be hidden behind it.

Classification specific variable validations were not correctly updated in certain classification changes.

Dimension selectors displayed previously the dimension reference text after selection. The behaviour has been updated to display dimension value immediately.

Expression variable value was previously written only when UI widget was present.

Combining pdf files did not work properly if the combined pdf filename was equal to one of the source filenames.

Add new theming for variable information table in Properties mode

Fix some button elements showing black background when hovering over them

Fix dark theme for rows for items marked as library components

Fix styling for read-only user interface controls

Mode visibility setting is now available for SaveAs mode

A classification rule for determining if a selection is the root document of the model can now be added in classification rules.

In certain workstations a license exception for user interface control was shown

Dimensions selector now adjusts to variable name length so that long variables names are not cut off.

Fixed graphical issue where hovering over a button turned it black.

There was in issue with item tables updating after changing selections in model tree.

You can now define used file version in Dwg and Dxf exports.

Profile related errors in home mode notifications are now cleared when a new profile is loaded.

You can now export cut-list items in Export mode. The supported file formats are same as in part documents.

You can now define a layer map file to be used when exporting Dwg and Dxf files.

You can now create classification rules, which compare date variables to either a fixed date or time span. You can eg. detect if a document is older than specific amount of time.

Profile editor title bar now shows asterisk next to the profile name as a marker of changed unsaved profile.

Suppressing a section in profile editor will now display referenced sections by name.

Copy button is not disabled when there are no selections to be copied.

The setup now asks whether you want to participate in improving CustomWorks and AutomateWorks by sending anonymous usage statistics. We use the data to fix unhandled exceptions and to see which product versions are being used by customers.

If do not check components is checked for a copy profile the copy table is always show to user.

You can now use an external, custom application to generate new numbers.

Help layout and content has been updated.

In some user environments SolidWorks may be unstable and crash when active document is changed. In such environments, you can now set "Disable event handling in Home Mode" setting. This will reduce the possibility for SolidWorks crashing when active documents are changed.

From now on, files being processed are passed to the Before Processing activity callback.

You can now select light or dark theme in the Options Dialog to change the look and feel of the application.

Fixed several issues which were shown as error message to the user.

CustomWorks 6 is now compatible with SolidWorks 2025.

You can now define CustomWorks variables to show mass properties, including surface area and volume. Mass value can be edited if Override Mass setting is set to True.

It is now possible to define dimension type lists using lists as data sources.

You can now link a Custom Action to a command button in the user interface.

You dan now define a CustomWorks variable to show and modify document-specific settings, such as units.

New UI styles now allow the option to display recently selected profiles in addiotion to user favourites.

You can now define a variable in CustomWorks to control whether the mass of the document should be overridden.

You can now override file and directory name in Make Independent custom action.

You can now define the decimal separator to be used in csv and xml table exports.

From now on, classifications are no longer located inside Properties Mode. Instead they are shown as separate top-level sections and multiple Properties modes can share a single instance of classifications.

Several helper functions were implemented for creating table expressions: ToFloat and ToInt for converting strings to numeric values, IIf for shortened conditions and TryCatch to help handling exceptions.

Due to customer feedback the table views now revert to unsorted state each time table view is opened.

Setting was added to printer output in Export Mode to force printing document in black and white.

Command line application can now be run using CustomWorksSilent.exe to hide the command line eg. when running exports using PDM dispatch.

SolidWorks documents can now be edited using CustomWorks Standalone, which can be found in CustomWorks installation directory.

Old "Use parent value if empty" setting is replaced with new "Read value from" setting.

You can now define a table column to show formatted position number.

You can now create a custom Make Independent command in CustomWorks profile.

You can now define simple custom actions in Save As and Copy modes for manipulating variable values.

Main assembly preview image no longer sets row height in excel export.

You can now include top-level document variables and preview images in Excel export. Refer to help for details.

Two settings added to export: - Include master row - No structure Refer to help for details.

AutomateWorks setup now requires installed CustomWorks to be on same produc version, and vice versa.

Variable validation results can now be seen in table views. Export commands can be defined to be disabled when variable validations do not pass. Individual variable validations can now have validation level (Info, Warning and Error) and custom validation message.

Suppress and Unsuppress commands now warn about referenced sections, allowing the user to choose whether to suppress or unsuppress them as well.

Variable assignments in table views can now use IsBoolean, IsInteger, IsFloat and IsNumeric extension methods in expressions.

Variable default value can now be used to create a link to cut-list item property. For now this works only on the first cut-list item in the part.

You can now add count and quantity columns in a table view without defining variables. You can also override table column header if you want it to differ from referenced variable name.

CustomWorks version number is now saved inside the profile file when the profile is saved. This is to verify that you cannot use a profile with older version of CustomWorks.

You can now execute an external command after exporting an item table.

Modes can now be defined to be visible for specific document types only.

Classification rules can now be seen in the profile tree as separate sections. For clarity, variables, validations and default values are in subfolders, too.

Profile sections can now be sorted alphabetically using Sort command in the context menu.

Active Copy and Export modes are closed if user changes the active document in SolidWorks.

The expression builder in Expression variable shows now variable group names for clarity.

Default target directory can now be specified in the Copy and Export Profiles.

When exporting drawings, you can now define filename so that sheet name is included in the file name only if more than one sheet is exported.

Dimension link types can now be seen and edited in the Profile Tree in the Profile Editor.

Variable Targets can now be seen and edited in the Profile Tree in the Profile Editor.

An error message is now shown if you try to use a profile which has been saved by using a newer version of CustomWorks.

You can now use drop-down lists, check-boxes etc. for filling in variable values in the table view as specified by variable settings.

Table columns can now be defined to be read-only.

Lists based on text files can now be edited from Properties Mode user interface by right-clicking on a drop-down list and selecting Edit. Notepad will be opened and the list updates dynamically when the text file is saved in Notepad. The editor for text files can be changed from CustomWorks Settings.

Recently used target folders can be seen in a drop-down list in Copy and Export modes.

To prevent overriding your old CustomWorks 5 profiles, you now have to save your profile with a new filename when converting your profile to CustomWorks 6 format.

Variable type is now shown as a profile section in the Profile Tree of the Profile Editor. The reason for this change is technical and and allows us to keep better track on cross-references between the profile sections.

Profile sections such as variables can now be sorted alphabetically in the Profile Editor. The command can be found in the context menu of the Prorile Tree.