Parametric plastic Skiffy spacer

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Yesterday, I undertook the task of creating a parametric SolidWorks file from Skiffy's catalogue, having grown tired of manually drawing their simple parts about 20 times. To my disappointment, Skiffy doesn't offer 3D-CAD models of their components on their website. So, I had to extract the dimensions myself and import them into SolidWorks using a series of steps. First, I extracted the HTML source of the table from Skiffy's site and used a helpful tool to convert it into a CSV file. After cleaning up the table with OpenOffice's Find/Replace feature and some regular expressions, I utilized a free SolidWorks plugin or its native Design Table tool (requiring Excel installation) to import the data. However, this process was time-consuming as new dimensions needed manual addition by their specific names. Finally, after adding all the data, I clicked on 'Update to model,' and enjoyed my cup of tea while waiting for the model to be generated with approximately 400 configurations. As a result, I decided to share this part, which includes mate-references for easy assembly usage and displays the complete part number and description for each configuration.