I have just managed to create my own title block and have an area within for material. I always use the iProperties to populate the titleblock but there isnt a field for material? Is there a way to add a field so it does what i need?
View 4 RepliesMy goal is to use basic ilogic to fill in some of the standard iproperty fields from parameters.I have so far managed to populate the description iproperty with one value from the parameters using this ilogic code;
iProperties.Value("Project","Description") = length
where length is a user parameter.Want I would like to do is build on this to include more parameters such as material thickness, width and depth etc so the resulting iproperty description field would read something like
1.2mm SS 50x100 @3000
How do I go about writing the ilogic string to include multiple values and end up filling in the one description field?
Is it possible to automatically add custom iproperties using iLogic?
I have a rule thats adds text to a propery, but when I run the rule in an old partfile i get the error:
"Can't find a property named DrawingNo"
Is there something like:
"Create iProperties.Value("Custom", "DrawingNo")"?
I have made this rule, that should fill out a cell in a spreadsheet with a text from IProperties.. but it seem to work only the first time. 2nd time i run it, nothing happends... not even the msgbox at the end...?!
GoExcel.Open("I:TEGNINGSNUMRE SKEMAERStandard nummer udtagning-test.xlsx", "80000")'Get new partnumber from Excel'Find next empty row in Column BFor RowPN = 2 To 1000RowPN = RowPN + 1If GoExcel.CellValue("B" & RowPN) = 1 Then'Insert title from open DocumentGoExcel.CellValue("C" & RowPN) = iProperties.Value("Summary", "Title")End IfNextGoExcel.Save()
I am populating iProperty "Description" field using expressions from the custom fields. These custom fields are exported from the parameters.
Is there a way of typing in extra plain text into the field onto the end of the expression without losing the expression formula?
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Is there any way to automatically fill in description in iProperties (.idw) from model description?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was looking for some iLogic Code for Inventor 2013 that would cycle through all the parts in an assembly grabbing the quantity of each part and setting it equal to the custom property "Qty" of each part.
Having a little trouble creating the for each loop and setting reference to each part without referencing each part by specific name.
I want to add parameters to my projects for consultants (type, name, company name, address, etc.) in a way that isn't deleted by updating a titleblock.
Currently my consultants are just text objects in the titleblock family that are not saved back to a default titleblock. If I reload the titleblock they get replaced by whatever default text was part of the default titleblock. I also have different titleblocks for different sheet types within the project, for example cover sheet, sheet, sketch, etc.
What I want is for this information to be part of the Project Information so I can make changes there without editing the titleblock family. I want them to function like the parameters for Client Name, Project Address, etc. and catagorize them in some generic way like Consultant A, Consultant B, etc. because not every project will have civil engineer or sprinkler designer.
I got as far as trying to create a lable in my titleblock family but when I tried to add a Category Parameter for the first lable, let's call it Consultant A Type, I get a mostly grayed out Parameter Properties dialog where the only clickable option is to select a Parameter Type, all of which are grouped under IFC Propertires and non of which seem to apply. There's no Project Information group. How do I create these lables and parameters?
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I am walking through someone else code in order to make sure I understand some principles (inserting blocks via a jig) and I cam upon a couple of lines that I do not understand:
space.AppendEntity(br)tr.AddnewlyCreatedDBObject(br, True)
space is the blocktablerecord for the current space and tr is the active transaction.
Here is what I don't get: If I append the entity to the space in the blocktablerecord inside of the transaction why do I also need to add this newly created object to the transaction with the AddnewlyCreatedDBObject method as well?
I'm writing a tool to change iproperties in the titleblock.
But now we start using two different types of titleblocks.
I need to check which titleblock is present in the current sheet/drawing.
I use this code to place a titleblock:
Call Doc.ActiveSheet.AddTitleBlock("sample_titleblock")
How do I check if "sample_titleblock" is already present?
Autodesk Inventor Product Design Suite 2013 SP1.1
At first install', the palette bar contains 2 items. If I want add one (History), it is impossible to be embed in this bar. If a palette is Anchor, it is automatically "un anchored" when I move it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to read the swatch used for fill color of a page item?
I can read the fill color but I can't read if the color is a global swatch.
I use a single IDW template for all my drawings. In it, I've got multiple dim styles.... One is Inch, one is mm, and one shows alternate units as Inch (mm).
In my titleblock, I've got a box that says "Units: " and I've currently got this setup as a prompted entry so that I'll have to think about it when I start the drawing and manually enter "Inches" or "mm" or "Inch (mm)".
Is there a way to automate this so I don't have to manually enter it, or remember to change it if the units change down the line?
Inventor 2014 64-bit SP1
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I am trying to change the titleblock definition of a drawing when I run my custom ilogic code. Currently (and for the past few years) the drawing name is defined by the drawing properties part number but when I run my code I would like the drawing name to be defined by the model properties part number as shown below:
Currently the textbox for the part number is configured as below:
And I'd like to change it to this:
The code I have to find the part number is as follows:
Dim x = 1 Dim oTxtBox As Inventor.TextBox For Each oTxtBox In oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet.TitleBlock.Definition.Sketch.TextBoxes If oTxtBox.Text = "<PART NUMBER>" Then oStuff =
[Code]....
I'm setting up drg templates for a company. I need different drawing titles for each drg sheet, is this possible in Inventor 2012?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'd like to have something like field text in a titleblock definition, where instead of the user manually typing the entry, they would have to choose option A or B for example.
View 3 Replies View Relatedis there a way to see the titleblock info of multiple sheet .idw's in vault explorer? I want to export the masterdata from all my .idw - files + sheets in one excel.I'm using Vault basic 2013/Inventor 2013
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I would like to know if it is possible to turn a solid fill area into a transparent appearance.
This is in a 2D drawing.
Okay, so it's been a while since I've done one of these, and I haven't done one on 2014 at all yet.
I've got a fairly simple part, it's about 6" long x 3" wide, less than 3/8" thick, without a whole lot of complex geometry to work with. I've built up my whole mold for it, and that went okay, but the fill analysis seems like it's taking forever. Like hours. It gets to the "Fill" stage, gets just a sliver of green on the progress bar, and then sits.
Last time I tried this was on my workstation at the office, using 2013. It didn't take nearly this long, and the part was much larger and far more complex, with a significantly slower computer.
Is something broken with this in 2014? I guess I can just let it run overnight, see what happens in the morning ...
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I want to make popup the i properties windows to fill or change in 2 ways:
» when creating a new ipt, iam and idw
» just before saving all 3
the properties I want to validate are
- the title not filled
- if there is more than one line filled in comments
I am opening, using VBA, the iProperties "Pop Up" box, using the following code....
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppiPropertiesWrapperCmd").Execute
If it is possible to open the iProperties "Pop Up" box at a specific Tab, for example, "Physical" or "Status" etc?
Is there any way to add an "iProperties" item to the context menu in the drawing environment, so that I can select a part on the drawing and access its iProperties, instead of having to "Open, edit iProp, Close," for each individual part? - Using Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012
View 2 Replies View RelatedAny way of having 2 files with different file name but identical designs what automatic updates the other one?
I need the same valve design with different materials, stock number and part names but I would like to make sure that both files are always updated to latest rev. Without having to remember to do it my self every time.
We are using vault?
Is it possible to create a new TAB in the standard iProperties dialogue box for Inventor Models and Drawings? I want a completely new TAB to hold unique company information fields without having to create Custom Property fields.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhile in assembly, i would like to select a subpart and be able to clear or delete the value of ex description without opening the part file.
I can delete properties in custom prop but i cant do it in description....
I've use design tracking properties but to no avail....
In the past we filled in our changes, we did on the part, in the iProperties of the IDW. In the IDW we use some Custom iProperties for this. That's not usefull because you want this data in the 3D-model. Now I have written some code to automate this, which works really great. This code works in the IPT as well as the IDW. But what I want to achieve is: When my IPT is the active document, I want to read out the iProperties from the IDW to check if there is already filled some of these properties, because I have to deal with 'old' documents as well.
So my basis question is: How can I read out iProperties from an IDW into the IPT. I have found lots of solutions which go the opposite direction, IPT -> IDW. I want IDW -> IPT.
I want to get out the Area in Physical Tab in i Properties, after that, I will show it out in drawing by add general notes
This is my program:
[code]
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Dim oBlockPart As PartDocument
oBlockPart = mApp.ActiveEditDocument
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Dim oGeneralNotes As GeneralNotes
I need to add a "Gauge" value to show up in the iProperties dialog box under the Project tab, but I don't know how or if I can.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am now looking to work with custom iProperties that will populate our company's new BOM standard. I have not done much with regards to customizing a BOM (I've always used the generic fields). Now my boss has come to me and wants to use the following headings for our BOM....
REF ID, QTY. , DESCRIPTION, SHAPE, SIZE, LENGTH, MASS, TOTAL LENGTH, TOTAL MASS, COMMENTS, REF. DWG.
REV., REV. DATE
While I understand some of these fields will require the user to manually type information in (Comments and Ref. Dwg.) The others, from my understanding, can come straight from iProperties or Parameters. I am running INV Pro 2013.
i would like to be able to make a change in iProperties ( part #, description, stock number), and then automate/sync that change to the .idw of that part/project after the .idw is created.
is this possible? do i just need to fill out the iProperties BEFORE i make the .idw,
I really hope this is possible, we are going back and reorganizing all of our previous work and putting everything in vault now.
Sometimes I change the dimensions of a material I use but then I have to open Iproperties and change the description by hand. This can create problems as you can understand especially when I forget to update the Iproperties.
Then I had the thought to automate it. Lets take a steel bar as example. I have thickness and width as parameter, both are exported and available under IProperties/Custom. But they show as 200 mm and 10 mm. I would like to loose the units. I tried also UL but then it reads 200 ul and 10 ul.
What I like to get are just the numbers, no units. I like to use it to create this "steel bar 200x10" where the 200 and the 10 are linked to the Parameter and will change when I change the dimensions av the steel bar.