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Mass drafting note

Mass drafting note

Mass drafting note

(OP)
I know you can get the mass of a part to show up in a drafting note by typing the text <Wmy_part@$MASS> where my_part is the name of the .prt file (no extension) but this only displays the mass in grams. How do you get this to show in kg?

Does the weight data shown in the ANT apply to all bodies or all bodies and sheets or everything in the current displayed reference set, note we do not have an adv. assm lic.

Also what other note links are there like this, I have guessed <Wmy_part@$NAME> to get the name of the part but are there any others?


NX 6.0.1.5 TC 2007. Using master model. Generate weight data on save turned on.

RE: Mass drafting note

I did a search that turned up this thread thread561-199292: Unit on part list. I have not encountered the problem myself, perhaps someone else can tell us if the situation has changed since the last thread?

RE: Mass drafting note

I would like to hear more on whether this has been addressed in any way for NX-6 as I know it has been a common problem in past versions.

In general you'll find the majority of available part attributes similar to <Wmy_part@$NAME> listed in the parts list dialogs under a pull down of available attributes or the documentation somewhere. I know also that John and others regularly have listed then in other similar threads so a search of the forum may prove productive. If you add a column to a parts list and then select the column and edit the style, then under the columns tab the first feild you'll come across is attributes with a pull down arrow that lists most if not all of the available options.

Without being entirely accurate <W$=@$MASS> was used in earlier versions and may have persisted in that syntax. Many was the time that we have to do something like altering it to <W$=@$MASS*1000> to get Kg. The problem was that it varied a bit from one version to the next and doesn't appear ro respect the analysis units settings.

Cheers

Hudson

RE: Mass drafting note

(OP)
Does not seem to be fixed in NX6.0.1.5. To clarify I'm actually trying to add the mass on a drawing sheet as a text note not in the parts list. I've tried <Wmy_part@$MASS>*1000 but as expected for a part of mass 4.5kg the note reads 4500*1000. Also tried <Wmy_part@$MASS*1000> and that gave an error.

Looks like this is not possible at this stage. We will probably be using John Baker's idea of using the setAttribute function in expressions method.
 

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