Family of parts, and variables
Family of parts, and variables
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Fairly new to SolidEdge, so I'm hoping I'm just overlooking something obvious. Anyway.
I created a family of parts. The 'parent' has a variable for the length of the part, and the numerous 'children' are all just variations of this variable.
When I insert the part into an assembly, it works fine, but if I try to put it into a schedule, there is no length variable that I can expose.
If I go into the individual family of parts .par files, I can add a dimension, and then create a length variable, but it seems like I should be able to pull that out w/o having to go into each and every member of this family of parts.
Any suggestions, tips, tricks, would be appreciated.
I created a family of parts. The 'parent' has a variable for the length of the part, and the numerous 'children' are all just variations of this variable.
When I insert the part into an assembly, it works fine, but if I try to put it into a schedule, there is no length variable that I can expose.
If I go into the individual family of parts .par files, I can add a dimension, and then create a length variable, but it seems like I should be able to pull that out w/o having to go into each and every member of this family of parts.
Any suggestions, tips, tricks, would be appreciated.





RE: Family of parts, and variables
Drawing is a different matter - you can use the family part master file and then tabulate dimensions for all members.
bc.
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RE: Family of parts, and variables