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Write summary information to the active file using SOLIDWORKS API

Summary Information of SOLIDWORKS file{ width=500 }

This VBA macro fills the Summary Information tab (author, keywords, comments, title and subject) of custom properties of active model using SOLIDWORKS API.

Configure the macro and specify the values to write:

Const AUTHOR As String = "CodeStack"
Const KEYWORDS As String = "sample,summary,api"
Const COMMENTS As String = "Example comments"
Const TITLE As String = "Summary API Example"
Const SUBJECT As String = "CodeStack API Examples"
Const AUTHOR As String = "CodeStack"
Const KEYWORDS As String = "sample,summary,api"
Const COMMENTS As String = "Example comments"
Const TITLE As String = "Summary API Example"
Const SUBJECT As String = "CodeStack API Examples"

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

If Not swModel Is Nothing Then
swModel.SummaryInfo(swSummInfoField_e.swSumInfoAuthor) = AUTHOR
swModel.SummaryInfo(swSummInfoField_e.swSumInfoKeywords) = KEYWORDS
swModel.SummaryInfo(swSummInfoField_e.swSumInfoComment) = COMMENTS
swModel.SummaryInfo(swSummInfoField_e.swSumInfoTitle) = TITLE
swModel.SummaryInfo(swSummInfoField_e.swSumInfoSubject) = SUBJECT
Else
MsgBox "Please open model"
End If

End Sub