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Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

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I'm trying to view component's density and/or volume in the assembly navigator. I have a column "MassPropDensity" that shows the value when of the component when it's the displayed part but when I make the assembly the displayed part, the column is empty.

I'm using NX8. In the past, I used to view the component properties / tab attributes, from the assembly, to see what can be displayed in a column. I can view two attributes (MASS_PROP_VOLUME and MassPropVolumn) when I set the "Object Selection" drop-down to "Apply to component as part attribute". Creating columns using these as attributes doesn't display anything.

I thought maybe I could create an expression, in the parts, that equals the attribute using something like "ug_askPartAttrValue" and then creating an attribute linked to that expression but I can't get that to work either.

RE: Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

The issue is that the 'Mass Property' attributes in the Part file are NOT inherited by the Component in the Assembly. However, you could create a String Part Attribute in the Part file using the 'Reference Text' option and linking this user-defined Attribute to whatever 'Mass Property' attribute that you wish. These user-defined String attributes WILL BE inherited by the Components in the Assembly thus will be listed in the Assembly Navigator column which were assigned to that Attribute name.

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