Solid Edge Spell checker in Drafting Environment

2023-07-25T05:16:18Z
DRAFT

Summary


Details

By any chance whether Solid edge can do Spell checks in the text that we are writing in drawings.

Is there any macro .exe available to spell checker in solid edge Drafting environment.

Solution

Solid Edge delivers a custom macro called "Draft Spell Checker.exe". To run this macro you will open a Solid Edge Draft file and then execute the "Draft Spell Checker.exe" using "Run Macro.

You can also add the "Draft Spell Checker.exe" to the RibbonBar by using the "Customize RibbonBar" functionality.

The known imitations for this "Macro" are as follows:

-Tool uses the spell checker engine from Microsoft Word. Therefore, Microsoft Word must be installed on the machine where this tool is going to be used.

-If you need to add words to the dictionary, currently this tool does not support this directly. Instead, open a word document and use the WORD tools to add the necessary word(s) to the dictionary. Since this tool uses the WORD spell checker, this will allow this tool to take advantage of the updated dictionary.

You need to download the utility from Siemens Support Center

https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/246738425/downloads

Solid Edge 2023 (V2210) > Solid Edge 2023 (V2210) Add-ons > SDK > Solid_Edge_Sample_Programs_2023_2210.zip

The source included with the sample is Visual Studio 2017 VB .Net and .Net 4.5.

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General Usage

Open a Solid Edge Draft file.

Execute the "Draft Spell Checker.exe" using "Run Macro.

You can also add the "Draft Spell Checker.exe" to the RibbonBar by using the "Customize RibbonBar" functionality.

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Known Limitations

-This tool uses the spell checker engine from Microsoft Word. Therefore, Microsoft Word

must be installed on the machine where this tool is going to be used.

-If you need to add words to the dictionary, currently this tool does not support this directly.

Instead, open a word document and use the WORD tools to add the necessary word(s) to the dictionary.

Since this tool uses the WORD spell checker, this will allow this tool to take advantage of the updated dictionary.

Notes

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DRAFT: DRAWING_VIEWS