Formula in a Draft Background Template
Formula in a Draft Background Template
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I'm working on modifying a draft background template. My company's draft template has a "map grid" type border on it, with A, B, C running up the sides, and numbers across the top. The numbers start as 1, 2, 3 on the first sheet, then progress (i.e. on sheet 2 the numbers are 4, 5, 6). The attached background should help show what I mean.
Right now, I have to manually type those numbers on every sheet. I'd like to include them on the background template as a formula that would look probably look like this to get the first number on the next sheet:
= %{sheet number}*3 - 2
Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to make solid edge calculate the result of a formula that includes a file property. I can use the %{sheet number} property by itself in a callout, and I can make all kinds of formulas in the variables table, but I can't combine the two. The variables table does not recognize file properties, and the callout tool does not recognize formulae.
Any ideas?
Right now, I have to manually type those numbers on every sheet. I'd like to include them on the background template as a formula that would look probably look like this to get the first number on the next sheet:
= %{sheet number}*3 - 2
Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to make solid edge calculate the result of a formula that includes a file property. I can use the %{sheet number} property by itself in a callout, and I can make all kinds of formulas in the variables table, but I can't combine the two. The variables table does not recognize file properties, and the callout tool does not recognize formulae.
Any ideas?





RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template
If I were you, I'd
1) Looking into changing my companies title block and border standard to something more like that defined in ASME standards.
2) Move the "map grid" to the working sheets instead of the background sheets so you can easily edit the text boxes manually and not have a ton of extra background sheets in your file, making the file size larger, just so you can do continuous numbering in the border.
Out of curiousity, how many sheets in your typical drawing package? I couldn't imagine the hassle of managing border numbers on a 10+ sheet package.
--Scott
www.wertel.pro
RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template
1) Even more unfortunately, the Navy won't change 50+ years of drawing border convention for anything short of an act of God.
2) Already do it this way.
Some of our drawings are 30+ sheets. Typing those little numbers gets incredibly mind numbing. The simplest solution might just be to hire an intern to do it for me!
RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template
For example:
A C-size sheet will be A-D and 1-4.
A D-size sheet will be A-D and 1-8.
An E-Size sheet will be A-H and 1-8.
This also corresponds with ASME convention.
--Scott
www.wertel.pro
RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template
RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template
--Scott
www.wertel.pro
RE: Formula in a Draft Background Template