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Wrapping Attributes Text in a Symbol
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JohnRBaker
Mechanical
What exactly were you attempting to 'attach' to this post since the links that we're seeing are all deadends?
John R. Baker, P.E.
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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JohnRBaker
Mechanical
This is what the 'wrapper' was that I used when I created my title block example:
Note that the attribute name was 'Drn_By' and the numerical value (WRef2) in the first part is just an index that should be unique for the particular file that you're adding these attributes to (it doesn't really matter what number you enter in the text editor as the system will automatically replace it with a unique value when you hit return).
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Note that the attribute name was 'Drn_By' and the numerical value (WRef2) in the first part is just an index that should be unique for the particular file that you're adding these attributes to (it doesn't really matter what number you enter in the text editor as the system will automatically replace it with a unique value when you hit return).
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Does this work for NX 7.5.5.4? What I'm doing is taking a Note Symbol
Changing the Category to 'Relationships'
Selecting 'Insert Object Attributes
Selecting the body
and I get this string '<W!37914@MATERIAL>'. But it doesn't wrap the text.
The Parts list will wrap it but my Note Symbol won't.
Changing the Category to 'Relationships'
Selecting 'Insert Object Attributes
Selecting the body
and I get this string '<W!37914@MATERIAL>'. But it doesn't wrap the text.
The Parts list will wrap it but my Note Symbol won't.
JohnRBaker
Mechanical
I think I misunderstood what you meant by 'wrap'. I was thinking of the software term 'wrapper' which implied that you were looking for the format of the command to insert an attribute's text into a symbol.
That being said, I think the ability to 'wrap' text, as in "use multiple lines when the note is too long to fit into the available space as a single line", is only available in places like Parts Lists and Tabular Notes.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
That being said, I think the ability to 'wrap' text, as in "use multiple lines when the note is too long to fit into the available space as a single line", is only available in places like Parts Lists and Tabular Notes.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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