Smart Save
Scans your folder for the highest existing file number and saves the document with the next available name.
Saving a new file version normally means opening the folder, finding the last used number, and typing the new filename by hand. Smart Save does this in one click. It scans your folder, detects your numbering pattern, and picks the next free number automatically.
Smart Save Guide
Every option in Smart Save explained.
The folder Smart Save scans to find the highest existing number. Starts with the active document's own folder.
- Use the dropdown to switch to a recently used folder.
- Click Browse to pick any folder on your system.
Type one example filename that follows your company numbering system. Smart Save splits it into groups and finds the file with the highest number that matches the same pattern.
- VT-0001-A
- 123-456.01
- A10.B06-000
Combine parts and assemblies. When checked, .sldprt and .sldasm files share the same number sequence. Useful when parts and assemblies are numbered together.
If no template is set, the default 0000-00 pattern is used.
Smart Save splits the template into groups and shows them one by one. Every group, whether numeric or alphabetical, starts as Fixed. The software does not assume any role. You decide the role of each group yourself by clicking on it.
Use + and - to adjust a value manually.
- New number.
Advances the Number group to the next free value. - New revision.
Keeps the Number group at its current value and advances the Revision group. Use this for a new version of an existing file.
Shows other documents currently open in SOLIDWORKS that are related to the active file.
- For parts and assemblies: shows open drawings that reference this file.
- For drawings: shows the models the drawing views reference.
Replace references. When checked, SOLIDWORKS automatically updates references in open documents after the rename.
The folder where the new file will be saved. Defaults to the same as the scan folder. Use the dropdown or Browse to save to a different location.
The proposed filename for the new file.
- Green. The name is free, the Save button is enabled.
- Red. A file with this name already exists. Use + to advance to the next free number.
You can also type a name directly in the field to override the auto-generated result.
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