Attributes on drawings
Attributes on drawings
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Currently our company has a standard drawing format which does not allow us to add part attributes (and the company does NOT want to change it). So, for every drawing, we add notes for things like material, finish & heat treatment. I would like to semi-automate this and am looking for suggestions. My initial thought was to assign the material at the model level through the "assign materials" icon and then somehow import that into the drawing (perhaps in a table). Any thoughts? How are others getting this information on the drawing?





RE: Attributes on drawings
I suppose you could create your own attributes at the model level and then use them in your drawings.
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RE: Attributes on drawings
To learn more about including attribute values in drafting notes, with the Text Editor dialog open, press the 'F1' key and the NX Help page for the text editor will be displayed and if you go about 3/4 of the way down the page you will find the 'Relationships' options described including links to pages on the various items which can be referenced by a drafting note, including attributes.
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RE: Attributes on drawings
Thanks for the information. I think I misued the term attribute. The place that I am assigning materials when modeling is: "Assign Meterials" via the NX material library. I am assigning materials in the model so I can check mass properties etc. So, with that said, can this information be automatically brought into the drawing via a note or table?
RE: Attributes on drawings
Customer Defaults -> Gateway -> General -> Attributes
...then when you assign a material using the...
Tools -> Material Properties...
...function, the Part and Object 'attributes' will be assigned automatically. Note however, that these Attributes will only contain the name of the material. The actual material data is not assigned as attributes but rather just as a material ID which is referenced when a Structural Simulation is performed (although Mass Density is set properly).
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: Attributes on drawings
RE: Attributes on drawings
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: Attributes on drawings
RE: Attributes on drawings
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: Attributes on drawings
RE: Attributes on drawings
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: Attributes on drawings