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Custom Properties Help

Custom Properties Help

Custom Properties Help

(OP)
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,

Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Sr. Mechanical Designer
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RE: Custom Properties Help

The only way I can think of, is to have the part also loaded onto the other sheets, but kept "offscreen" ... outside of the drawing border.


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RE: Custom Properties Help

On the same note as CBL, you can hide the drawing view as well.

Out of curiosity, what will be on the earlier sheets?

RE: Custom Properties Help

(OP)
I thought of that, but seems a little dicey due to Autocad users being converted to SW users. I don't want to give them ammo to shoot holes in the SW software.

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

I think you'll have to insert the part in the 1st sheet.  Then you can Hide it.

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RE: Custom Properties Help

(OP)
Shag,
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

We hide the view and place it off the sheet in these cases.

Jason

RE: Custom Properties Help

if I understand correctly you have an assembly and a part detailed all in one drawing package (pages1-4)with the 4th page being the part dimensioned out completly. correct??

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

(OP)
Jon,
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

Each sheet shows the information of the model in the first drawing view, and I don't know a way to do what you want. SW needs to link a sheet to a model in order to know where to colect data. If there's no model, there's no data.

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

(OP)
How about unlinking the CP from the part or assembly and making it a drawing CP to propagate through my multi sheets?

Any thoughts, anyone? Bueller.......Bueller.......Bueller.......

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

One of the power features of SW (or any associtive CAD) are the links established between parts, assemblies, drawings. This guaratee that any change will be reflected trough the link chain. If you unlink the CP, to guaratee that your documents will update correctly you will need extra job (and not fail safe).

Regards

RE: Custom Properties Help

(OP)
macPT,
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

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