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UnrealEngineUWP/Engine/Source/Programs/Enterprise/Datasmith/DatasmithSolidworksExporter
kerim borchaev e8e9ac4bf9 [Solidworks] Lights and Assembly configuration fixes
- Suppressed parts with geometry are exported as mesh actors(instead of empty actors as before). Temporarily unsuppressing those parts for the duration of export and reverting suppression state back.

- Fixed name sanitation which was breaking some scenes with variants.

- Light Label uses user name of the light

- fixed spotlight direction

#jira UE-133993 UE-156138
#preflight 633446bb665f6b8f7f73ae37
#rb JeanLuc.Corenthin

[CL 22292887 by kerim borchaev in ue5-main branch]
2022-10-02 09:12:37 -04:00
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1) You need to have a licensed version of Solidworks to build this plugin

The solidowrks DLLs needed are the following:
SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks.dll
SolidWorks.Interop.swcommands.dll
SolidWorks.Interop.swconst.dll
SolidWorks.Interop.swmotionstudy.dll
SolidWorks.Interop.swpublished.dll
solidworkstools.dll

2) Build the DatasmithSolidorks project

3) Signing
[TBD]

4) Find the installer executable in

Engine\Source\Programs\Enterprise\Datasmith\DatasmithSolidworksExporter\Installer\bin\Release\en-us

5) The installer procedure will create a folder in the predefined binaries directory:

Engine\Binaries\Win64\Solidworks

This directory should contain the final compiled installer, but at the time of this writing it will receive the compiled DLL instead (which is useless).

6) Modifying the project

Unreal is unaware of changes to the project. If files are added or removed from the Private folder, run generateprojectfiles.bat to update the Solution, but don't forget to manually modify the C# project as well
Engine\Source\Programs\Enterprise\Datasmith\DatasmithSolidworksExporter\DatasmithSolidworks\DatasmithSolidworks.csproj

Because Unreal is unaware of changes to these files (the C# build is not part of BuildTool's C++ based building process), you may have to invalidate the build by manually removing the following folders:
Engine\Binaries\Win64\Solidworks
Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\DatasmithSolidworks

7) VERSION
To change the version, modify the two relevant version properties properties in file
Engine\Source\Programs\Enterprise\Datasmith\DatasmithSolidworksExporter\DatasmithSolidworks\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs