How bad are solidworks parameters?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by lemiant

I have to ask, why is it so many people use solidworks (we will probably end up using it this year since our local university does), when it appears to have been beaten hands down in this department?

That's a bit like you being the chicken and asking yourself "why did I cross that road?".

I would suggest using any Unix system to make a script that uses the parameters you seek and then builds the text file Solidworks requires. Yet unless you already use Linux or have virtualization setup already (best way is via VirtualBox in 'seamless mode'), then perhaps it's not the best way for you. It's how I generate some of my text files for Windows software development across platforms at work.