BOPdesigner
Mechanical
- Nov 15, 2005
- 434
Within a model you have this attribute W@$SH_PART_NAME which is the filename of your part. For me, this filename starts with 8 alphanumeric characters followed by some dash numbers like 123A1234-01. The first 8 characters are also our document number in PLM. What I am trying to do is create a new attribute that is able to automatically capture the first 8 characters of the filename (part name). First problem. When I create this attribute in the file or template, I list <W@$SH_PART_NAME> as the string. When I use this, in a PMI note for example, it actually spells out <W@$SH_PART_NAME> instead of resolving to the filename. 2nd problem, if you can help me resolve the first problem, is there a way to truncate the remaining characters in the name so that only the first 8 are captured and used? Thinking something along the lines of how in a drafting dimension you can use an expression in a note or appended in the format <X0.0@p0) where the X0.0 is the decimal precision to display the expression p0.
