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Parts List Custom Attribute in Header

Parts List Custom Attribute in Header

Parts List Custom Attribute in Header

(OP)
I am working on updating my company's templates to take advantage of tabular notes. In our legacy template, there is a line above the parts list that has attributes in it that are related to and contained in the assembly part file. I've customized the "stock" parts list in NX (generic_parts_list_english.prt) and everything works fine. To get the second row incorporated, I added a second header line to the parts list, but when I try to reference attributes in individual cells, I cannot get them to work.

My attribute in the assembly file is PART_NUMBER.

If I right click on the cell, click Edit Text and type in <W$=@PART_NUMBER>, as I type I get a warning in the corner that says "Invalid annotation specified in entry field.", and I cannot hit enter to accept my entry.

If I right click on the cell, click Edit Cell and type in <W$=@PART_NUMBER>, I can hit enter, and my entry is accepted. NX then automatically reformats what I typed to "<WID3*0@PART_NUMBER>" If I then drag the parts list from my tables palette into the drawing, the cell does not populate.

If I set up a template attribute called DB_DWG_TEMPLATE_DETAIL_NUMBER and then reference that in the cell through Edit Text, Relationships category and Insert Part Attribute so that I see "<WRef2*0@DB_DWG_TEMPLATE_PART_NUMBER>", then when I drag my parts list into the drawing, the cell shows [DETAIL_NUMBER] but does not update with the information from the part.

I feel like this should be possible but that I'm just missing something with the formatting or how my attributes are set up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Matt

Matt Steenwyk
Mechanical Engineer/Project Lead
Disher
www.disher.com

RE: Parts List Custom Attribute in Header

(OP)
Update-I tried to make a tabular note template that I can drag onto my drawing and I can't get fields to update either. The only way I get fields to update is if they are part of the drawing template. I'm not getting tabular note templates with attributes to work.

Matt Steenwyk
Mechanical Engineer/Project Lead
Disher
www.disher.com

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