Extract complete template settings from a parent drawing file. According to SolidWorks API documentation: - Use DrawingDoc.GetCurrentSheet() to access sheet information - Use Sheet.GetSheetFormat() to extract format data - Custom properties can be accessed via Extension.CustomPropertyManager - Di...
AI agents call extract_drawing_template to retrieve information from SolidWorks MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval operations only. It accesses and reads template settings, sheet format, custom properties, and annotation styles from a SolidWorks drawing document. There are no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or irreversibly changed. No code execution or financial implications.
From the tool's definition extract_drawing_template extracts complete template settings from a parent drawing file using GetCurrentSheet(), GetSheetFormat(), and CustomPropertyManager.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access extract_drawing_template gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SolidWorks MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for extract_drawing_template:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"extract_drawing_template": {}
}
}extract_drawing_template is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Extract complete template settings from a parent drawing file. According to SolidWorks API documentation: - Use DrawingDoc.GetCurrentSheet() to access sheet information - Use Sheet.GetSheetFormat() to extract format data - Custom properties can be accessed via Extension.CustomPropertyManager - Dimension and annotation styles are stored in the document REQUIREMENTS: - File must be a valid Drawing document (.SLDDRW) - File must be saved and accessible - Use get_sketch_context to verify document type before calling EXTRACTION OPTIONS: - includeFormat: Extract sheet format (title block, borders, etc.) - includeProperties: Extract custom properties (part number, revision, etc.) - includeStyles: Extract dimension and annotation styles - includeViews: Extract view layout information (optional, may be large). It is categorised as a Read tool in the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for extract_drawing_template: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches SolidWorks MCP Server. Nothing to install.
extract_drawing_template is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the extract_drawing_template rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for extract_drawing_template. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
extract_drawing_template is provided by the SolidWorks MCP Server MCP server (jianzhichun/solidworks-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SolidWorks MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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