Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
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I am working with design tables for fairly large parts. 150-250 features.....
The DT approach we are using utilizes a lot of varying supression state combinations. When you create a DT for part with this many features..SW often jumbles the order of the features...leaves some out, etc. Getting them straight is a nightmare...especially with the goofy 90 degree text rotation....
I set up the feature tree using folders for organization. It would be awesome if there were a simple way to export the feature tree name data to a text file...in the same order as they appear on the tree. This would save tons of time, and reduce errors a lot.
Ideally, the out text file would look like this....
Folder 1
Feature A: Revolve
Feature B: Cut-Extrude
Feature C: Surface-Extrude
Feature D: Split Line
Feature E: Ruled Surface
Feature F: Surface Extend
Feature G: Surface Cut
Folder 2
Feature H: Boss-Extrude
Feature I: Cut-Extrude
Feature J: Surface-Extrude
Feature K: Split Line
Folder 1, Folder 2, Feature A, etc...are names that I give features. This is the naming convention I used to keep info straight on huge Design tables.
Basically...just go down the feature tree...and output the name list. I dont need to go deep into absorbed features....basically just the first level (if you consider a folder 1st level...then in that case...2nd level...)
The DT approach we are using utilizes a lot of varying supression state combinations. When you create a DT for part with this many features..SW often jumbles the order of the features...leaves some out, etc. Getting them straight is a nightmare...especially with the goofy 90 degree text rotation....
I set up the feature tree using folders for organization. It would be awesome if there were a simple way to export the feature tree name data to a text file...in the same order as they appear on the tree. This would save tons of time, and reduce errors a lot.
Ideally, the out text file would look like this....
Folder 1
Feature A: Revolve
Feature B: Cut-Extrude
Feature C: Surface-Extrude
Feature D: Split Line
Feature E: Ruled Surface
Feature F: Surface Extend
Feature G: Surface Cut
Folder 2
Feature H: Boss-Extrude
Feature I: Cut-Extrude
Feature J: Surface-Extrude
Feature K: Split Line
Folder 1, Folder 2, Feature A, etc...are names that I give features. This is the naming convention I used to keep info straight on huge Design tables.
Basically...just go down the feature tree...and output the name list. I dont need to go deep into absorbed features....basically just the first level (if you consider a folder 1st level...then in that case...2nd level...)






RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
Does the order of features in the DT match the order required in the FM?
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
Can't share the model. Proprietary.
Thanks for the offer, though.
-Brant
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?
The issue is that it has so many features.... Simple models do not behave this way. This is a master model that could drive hundreds of future models....so it is very complex. I just cant see re-creating this...
I guess I will just learn Macros. Thanks for offering to help.
RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?