Design Table Question
Design Table Question
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Hello,
I have to make these simple terminal block numbering tags and my questions comes from a design table standpoint. The tags need to be numbered from 1-99 and I was wondering if there would be an easy way to do this with a design table? The pic included "2" was done as a sketch entity and extruded. I would like to be able to have one part and then on each instance of the part properties choose the config or "tag number" to show. It seems to be a simple enough task, but maybe I am missing something. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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I have to make these simple terminal block numbering tags and my questions comes from a design table standpoint. The tags need to be numbered from 1-99 and I was wondering if there would be an easy way to do this with a design table? The pic included "2" was done as a sketch entity and extruded. I would like to be able to have one part and then on each instance of the part properties choose the config or "tag number" to show. It seems to be a simple enough task, but maybe I am missing something. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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I think what you want to do is change the actual numeral in the DT and it update in the part. If that was only possible... unfortunately its not.
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Feel free to tell me that I don't know what the hell I am talking about as I hear it all the time :)
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Good thought, thanks.
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Rob Stupplebeen
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Using a Design table to control what configurations you have and what is suppressed and unsuppressed is so simple you would already be done trying to come up with a better solution.
In fact I made this sample example - Design table Example
I am using Excel 2007 so some may not be able to see this excel or open it so I exported it out as well.
The actual Design Table
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THANKS
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Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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I made this "4" number example in about 5 minutes. It took longer to upload the files and type this then it takes to start and finish just 4 number with all the sketches, DT and extrusions.
AVI - requires codec - http://download.techsmith.com/tscc/tscc.exe
File
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I am working with your model, DT, and video now. I assume that I will still need to make the 99 or so sketches (1 for each number). If there was a different way to do it without the 99 sketches and I missed it, feel free to call me a name or two.
Thanks much for your time and a star for you.
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Thanks again and I'm on my way to sketch hell :)
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1: create base extrustion
2: create sketch for 1-9. draw construction line from left edge to right edge, dimension .0625 up
3: create sketch for tens digit. draw construcion line from left edge to about middle. make endpoint vertical with midpoint of baseline
4: create sketch for ones digit. draw construction line from near middle to right edge. make endpoint vertical with midpoint of baseline.
The spacing is based on century gothic 12pt text. you can figure out the spacing on your text just by extruding one of the texts and dimension from the base of the 1 to the base of the 2 to as many digits as possible.
See if this works for you at all
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Thanks to all...Feel free to use if you like.
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