Custom Properties Help
Custom Properties Help
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Hey Gang,
I have a part (or assy) with custom properties of $PRPSHEET:{SW-File Name} and $PRPSHEET:{Description}.
Now I want to create a drawing with multi sheets with the part only on the last sheet. How do I propagate the custom properties from the last sheet all back to the first sheet in the title block?
And by the way...I have a template as sheet 1 and the following sheets are sheet templates, with the custom properties being the same across all sheets.
Thanks,
I have a part (or assy) with custom properties of $PRPSHEET:{SW-File Name} and $PRPSHEET:{Description}.
Now I want to create a drawing with multi sheets with the part only on the last sheet. How do I propagate the custom properties from the last sheet all back to the first sheet in the title block?
And by the way...I have a template as sheet 1 and the following sheets are sheet templates, with the custom properties being the same across all sheets.
Thanks,
Macduff 
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL






RE: Custom Properties Help
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RE: Custom Properties Help
Out of curiosity, what will be on the earlier sheets?
RE: Custom Properties Help
Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL
RE: Custom Properties Help
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RE: Custom Properties Help
Sheet 1= Notes, Sheet 2=Parts Lists, and Sheet 3=Detail Drawing
Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL
RE: Custom Properties Help
Jason
RE: Custom Properties Help
In your template you have notes in your title block being hyperlinked to custom properties SW-File Name & Description. and you want all of those properties to be the same across all pages.
Question: Are your assemblies and parts named the same? If not why not place those properties in the drawing and then in custom properties of the drawing type in the info that you want to show for each of those properties.
I hope that this makes sense.
Best Regards,
Jon
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RE: Custom Properties Help
I was using the "detailed part drawing" for an example. I need to do the same for "detailed assembly drawings" as well, but the 2 are separtate detail drawings, and not trying to combine them.
Best,
Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL
RE: Custom Properties Help
So you need to insert a view in every sheet and I think the most "elegant" way is to hide the view (you just need to do it once, then you can copy the view, using the feature manager tree, into all the other sheets).
IMO, this is not a week point for SW.
Regards
RE: Custom Properties Help
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Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL
RE: Custom Properties Help
Regards
RE: Custom Properties Help
The part or assemmbly will still be associated with the drawing, but agree that the CP will not, if broken. One of my problems with SW software is that the part or assembly "description" was never propagated all the way to the drawing level. You have to actually retype the drawing "description" when you filed for the first time. Where the "filename" (the part number) would automatically would be filled in when filing your drawing for the first time.
I hope I'm clear on this. It's Friday you know...LOL!
Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
macduff's SW page
Inhouse System
Pentium(4)2.80GHz
Ram 1.00 GB
SW2005 Office SP 3.1
Windows 2000 SP4.0
NIVIDA Quadro4 750 XGL