SHEET METAL BUG?

[TateJ]

I'd like someone to confirm this for me, before I report a bug...

Create a simple sheet metal part.
In the CONFIGURATION MANAGER, right-click the DEFAULT config.
Select PROPERTIES.
Select CUSTOM PROPERTIES.
Under PROPERTY NAME, pull-down DESCRIPTION.
Under VALUE/TEXT EXPRESSION, pull-down THICKNESS.
With your cursor at the end of: "Thickness@Default@Part1.SLDPRT"...
Type something like "SHEET" (any text will do).
See what you get for EVALUATED VALUE.

Does this work right for you?

Thanks...

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

What I see is "Thickness@Part1.SLDPRT" SHEET ... so I guess it works OK for me with SW07-SP3.1

 

[TateJ]

But what you should see (in VALUE/TEXT EXPRESSION) is "0.105 SHEET" or similar.

Try the same thing with MASS or MATERIAL & see if your results compare.

Thanks again...

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Ohh, I understand now, sorry.

Yes, I would say that is a bug.

 

[handleman]

I wouldn't say it's a bug so much as a limitation or omission. "Thickness" is not a SolidWorks evaluated property like the mass properties are. It's a named global variable. Any named global variable used in properties can't have text after it or it won't evaluate properly.

 

[TateJ]

Oh... I see...

If I double-click the dinemsion of the feature: "Thickness@Sheet-Metal1@@Default@Part1.SLDPRT"... then I get what I want.

Thanks for pointing that out handleman.

...no bug then.

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

handleman ... that makes sense.

So an ER instead of a Bug report then.