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Equation Help

Equation Help

Equation Help

(OP)
What I want to do is have a property called Material Type in my part files that I want to change from the design tablein my assy.  In my assy I have a pull down that I switch betweed MS & S/S.  If I choose MS it sets a dim to 1 and S/S sets it to 2.  I then create a sketch with a dim that is linked to that assy dim.  I want an equation to change my property to MS if it is 1  and S/S if it is 2.  I've tried the following and it doesn't work:

"Material Type"=IIF("Material@Material>1.5,"MS","S/S")

This doesn't work.  It works, however, if i use numbers instead of letters.  

Simply put, I want to change the material from Mild Steel to Stainless Steel in certain parts from my assy and I am not aware of any way to actually change the actual material from a design table.  I need the BOM to reflect the material type.

I can accomplish what i want with the design table, but I must open and save the design table in all the parts for it to update and this defeats the purpose.

Any help is appreciated!

Josh
 

RE: Equation Help

Why not just create the parts with material-specific configs, and then just call the required config in the assy DT?

RE: Equation Help

(OP)
I guess there is no reason I can't.  I was trying to stay away from having a bunch of configurations, so I already had that ruled out in my mind.  Overlooking the obvious I guess!

thanks

RE: Equation Help

(OP)
I tried doing that, but I can't get my drawings to change to the configuration of the part when the assy changes it.  It works in my BOM, but the sheet doesn't change so the wrong material type shows up in the drawing.  Is there a way to fix that?  I hope this makes sense.  
I already changed the properties in the drawing to "Use mode's in-use or last saved configuration".  I can upload my drawings if that will help.

thanks,

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