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Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

(OP)
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...)

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

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SW often jumbles the order of the features...leaves some out, etc
The features are being re-arranged or left out in/from the Feature Manager, or the DT?

Does the order of features in the DT match the order required in the FM?

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

(OP)
Yes.  Some small sections are in order...but then the rest is all jumbled up.  When you have 100 features...this can get to be a real pain...

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

Are you able to post a sample part for review and testing?

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

(OP)
CBL,

Can't share the model.  Proprietary.

Thanks for the offer, though.  

-Brant

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

Can you not create a dummy example or drastically change (add and remove features) a proprietary one beyond recognition?

RE: Has anyone made a Macro to do this....?

(OP)
CBL,

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....?

Till a macro is created, you could take a series of screenshots to capture the FM tree.

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