Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
(OP)
I'm trying to do something ...maybe crazy...Solidworks 06 comes with a new table "General table" and I was wondering if there is a way to link custom properties of different configurations of a part to create a tabulation with part no-xxx, description/detail, rev, etc. Does it make sense?
I tried with all the $PRP's available and I still can't get to show all the custom prop. (configurations) at the same time, it only works with whatever configuration is been used on the drawing sheet so only one configuration appears.
Is there any hope for this craziness??
Thanks.
I tried with all the $PRP's available and I still can't get to show all the custom prop. (configurations) at the same time, it only works with whatever configuration is been used on the drawing sheet so only one configuration appears.
Is there any hope for this craziness??
Thanks.






RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
I was hoping to find a way to use the new tables included in the software.
I do appreciate for the tip anyway.
Thanks.
(Mechanical)
Solidworks 06/PDMworks 06
Windows XP Professional 2002
AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3000+
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
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I would prefer that myself as I hate going through the actions of reformatting the Excel design table to make it look presentable. Wouldn't be be so bad except that it reformats the design table in the part where often I still want to see the column syntax being used. This also require write-access to the part file which is not always possible in a PDM environment.
I wonder how hard this would be to program in through the API? Maybe some of the API gurus on the forum could chime in. Basically pull the configurable data from the part, then dump it into a general table.
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
About Design Tables...I try to stay away from using Microsoft applications for the same reason.
There must be a way to create as many custom properties per configuration (part file) and display them inside a SW table (drawing) or links all of them to a local note and just add some lines.
Anyway, it was nice to see some of the mayor enhancements for 2007.
(Mechanical)
Solidworks 06/PDMworks 06
Windows XP Professional 2002
AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3000+
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
It does work but, if you change any of the custom properties values (part file) they do not update on your Excel table (drawing) in comparison with the general tables.
Does it update on your system?
(Mechanical)
Solidworks 06/PDMworks 06
Windows XP Professional 2002
AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3000+
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
I did notice when using $PRPMODEL:"CUSTOM PROP", cell is blank but, if you double click, the link is there. If using $PRPVIEW:"CUSTOM PROP" instead, this is exactly what the cell shows: $PRPVIEW:{CUSTOM PROP}
Maybe one of the settings perhaps
(Mechanical)
Solidworks 06/PDMworks 06
Windows XP Professional 2002
AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3000+
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
RE: Link Custom Prop. of Multiple configurations into a General Table
Looks like an enhancement request.
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2