I have a part that has two states - flat and folded. It is not sheetmetal - that's a different subject altogether.
In addition, the part has many different sizes. For simplicity, imagine an "L" shaped part with varying leg lengths.
We show the "L" bracket in its flat state on the drawing. There are three table driven dimensions: leg 1 "A", leg 2 "B", and the width "C". There is another table driven dimension for the ANGLE (180 when flat; 90 when folded).
The file name is unimportant and should not show up on the drawing's table/repeat region. We use a parameter in the family table called "PART_NO".
I have tried many different ways to get this on my drawing as a repeat region, each has a major flaw - albeit some different flaws for each. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ First, I can make a Two-D table and exclude the ANGLE column. This has the most problems: (1) I don't want to see the flat-state in the list. This is only for detailing. (2) I don't want the column labeled "PART_NO". I want it to be "PART NUMBER". (3) I want some columns to be narrower than others.
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Second, I can make a table with a repeat region for each column. (1) I don't want to see the flat-state in the list. (2) I can't sort this, because it sorts each column separately. This wouldn't matter if I could get rid of the flat-state instance.
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Third, I can make a table without a repeat region. Then I can add every single instance to the drawing. In each cell in the table I get to pull the parameter/value from each instance. (1) This is very labor intensive. (2) The drawing has to load every instance. (3) There isn't an easy way to tell which instance is which number. I.e. &PART_NO:2 is the first model added to the drawing, but may not be the first instance. (4) New instances don't automatically appear and each cell must be added.
Any ideas appreciated.
T Bennett