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Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

(OP)
is this possible? Id'e like to point a couple of dwg format feilds to one location that I can globally change.

Ex:

REV -
Job#:
Release Date:

Etc...

Would make managment of large projects a lot easier.

TIA

Dave

RE: Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

There are Expression functions which can read the cells of a Spreadsheet and this information can be assigned either directly to a Note on a Drawing or to an Attribute, which a note can also be linked to.  The only issue is that if a change is made to the spreadsheet, you have to force a manual update (which you can do with the selection of a single command) of the file so that the external data gets read.  In other words, it's a 'pull' situation, NOT a 'push'.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

RE: Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

(OP)
Well put... I could live with that if there were a way to open a batch of seperate detail files and...

1. Execute the "pull"
2. Save
3. Print

I used to do this with AutoCad. They had an external utility that could run a "script" of commands on a list of files you selected.

How about that one?????

RE: Displaying spread sheet data in title block....

I'm sure that could be done with NX Open.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

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