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Custom properties, where does your company input them (model/drawing) ?

Im trying to get a better idea where we should input custom properties, so they can be populated to other places.

This is what I would like to do, please post any suggestions/comments:

Input all custom properties in model

- Description

- Eng

- Designer

- Material

- Revision #

- Start Date

These properties would then get populated to the drawing via $PRPSHEET: "_____" field

ISSUES:

  1. Sometimes I might have more than one model in a drawing. The $PRPSHEET field takes the Custom Properties from the first model inserted into the drawing. Is there a way to change what model it looks at once the drawing views are already placed?

  1. Sometimes I might have my top level assy used in multiple drawings, where each drawing will have its own description. Using the above procedure, the description will be taken from the model, which would mean the description would be the same (which you dont want). Whats a good workaround for this? We are also trying to setup a Model ->

Mapics integration, so thats why I want to try and keep all descriptions inside the model.

  1. Is there a way to have all of the Custom Props from the model automatically synced with the Custom Properites in a drawing? EX. Description in model = Description in drawing, so the drawing titleblock field for Description would be $PRP:"Description"
Reply to
SW Monkey
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1-right click sheet_, properties,lower left corner. Can specify which drawing view the custom properties are propegated from.

2-not sure

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Brian
  1. You could use configuration specific custom properties. It gets a little messier though.
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Christine

Brian, im confused about #3. You say "right click the '$PRP:"SW-Title" block and select the properties. from the property link button you can tie the field to your model description."

What is/Where is the $PRP:"SW-Title" ?

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SW Monkey

We use a software product from our VAR. It is called JavOffice and is sold by

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This program is an add-in for SolidWorks and provides an interface to add properties to a file. It can provide pull down lists and can help control the data so it is more organized. Brad Harding

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Brad

Brad, how much does that software cost? Im downloading the trial right now. It looks like it integrates into SolidWorks. This is good and bad. Good that its easy to get to, within the Feature manager, bad that they may have issues with upgrades as far as the integration.

How long has your company been using it? Is it easily customizable, or do they customize it for a fee?

Also, do you have any sample templates that your company uses? Im curious how you handle revisions and custom propertys, as well as what properties you put in the model (part/assy) and what (if any) properties you put in the drawings.

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SW Monkey

To all that replied, my first question was "Where does your company input the custom properties? Model or Drawing or both?

Reply to
SW Monkey

Mr. Monkey,

I set my client's up with a basic PDM system that populates configuration properties at the model level. Enabling "Link" mode ties the drawing to the model. When creating the first drawing of the model the title block is populated with the model configuration properties. The user can open up the meta data form and change the drawing title to whatever they want. You can also set the option to map drawing/model properties to one another. For example, Revsion Descriptions and ECO numbers are picked up by the drawing from the model. Since they are linked they will always get approved together - no use having to duplicate entry of data.l

The PDM system populates the configuration properties on the fly so never actually look at them directly. Just looked and a sample part has

63 configuration properties.

Len

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lmar

All the custom properties I and my clients use are set in the model and report in the drawing. The only custom property I have in the drawing is one that refers to the PDM Revision of the drawing.

John Layne

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John Layne

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