Today I have a little question on a subject where I regularly waste time.
We manufacture a number of different products, but some are recurring, such as aquarium tanks. It is always tailor-made but usually more or less the same odds.
For the profile supports I just modify my dimensions in the mechanically welded assembly and I re-edit a list of parts of the profiles to be cut.
But for the glass plates of our tanks I would like to have for example "bottom **** x *****" "side **** x ****" "front face ***** x *****" where the famous dimensions would take the exact value of my modified model.
So when I make a plan of my assembled glass tank, I add a nomenclature, and the names of the components will have been modified, which also allows us to order or cut the glass to the right dimensions.
Without each time recreating new models...
I don't know exactly the best solution, but I can see that we waste time on it every time. I looked at this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sueIfwDTW_Q but it doesn't answer my problem..
Thanks to this option, and by choosing a single body, we will only display it in the drawing. And by rating it, we will obtain its dimensions which will always be up to date!
Otherwise, it's also possible in annotations, but it will be more complicated!
Select the data that will appear in your nomenclature. Then go to the corresponding "Value" box
Click in this box. Write down a text if necessary (in my case, Sheet metal ep.)
Select the sketch where your rating is placed. They will then appear on the screen. Select your value.
Separate with an "x" if you want and select your 2nd and then 3rd value
2)
From time to time, Solidworks does not want to select the values. I advise you to look for the name of your rating (click on the value in the sketch.) and write them down somewhere
Then redo the whole 1). Except that instead of selecting your value, you write it down live
In my case, it makes Sheet metal ep."D1@Boss.-Extru.1@NomDeLaPiece.SLDPRT" (the "" are important)
And there you go, it should appear in your nomenclature and keep the link from one part to another if you save them under and modify them directly. On the other hand, once you remove the rating, you lose the link
Hoping it's what you wanted, don't hesitate to tell me if I'm not very clear.
So after taking the time to study your different answers and tutorial videos I will answer you point by point:
. PL: thank you but concerning this party I already know the relative views etc, it doesn't really answer my problem actually, but thank you.
GT22: I looked at the settings of parts families, using excel etc, it's probably quite practical but already too advanced for the simple application we will make of it.
Coincoin and Fabrice: Your two answers have already clarified my ideas a little more. I think that on our side a mistake that had been made was that the models had often been named as for example "Front glass before 1200 x 600" which means that in a nomenclature we immediately saw the dimensions of the glass to be ordered, but that when slight modifications were made, It was then necessary to change all the file names for a simple modification of the dimensions.
I had seen in tutorials concerning the "property form" that appeared in 2013 and which was supposed to replace the old "summary of information" tool that could be integrated into the name, the "ratings" by clicking on them, in order to have nomenclatures that are always updated.
I guess we can only update the "information" in the nomenclature and not the name of the file?!
And so that it would be much better to stop integrating the dimensions of the parts in the names of the models?!
Regarding the addition of information, and my request today, and for a relatively basic use of SW like that of our small SME, what means do you suggest to use? The old "Information Summary" table or the new "Property Form"?
Is there a tutorial dealing specifically with this kind of point? Or even the management of our "part names", "quotations" or their management in general?
Wow, but you're in a much more advanced version than me (I'm still in 2011. Sniff)
So I can't answer you about the difference between "property form" and "summary of information".
On the other hand, one thing is certain. My personal rule is never to include the dimensions in the names of the rooms. At the slightest change, at the slightest little mm more or less, it's a big struggle to be able to modify!
In short, for what I understood in your explanations, the property form seems to be very nice:)
Just like @coin37coin, I never include a rating in the file name.
Then for the property editor, here is a tutorial of @Gt22: http://www.lynkoa.com/store/fr/tutos-formations/formations/solidworks-le-formulaire-de-proprietes.html
I advise you to use it if you don't have the MycadTools utilities and the unbeatable SmartProperties.
What is concatenation? It is the grouping of several properties into one. So if you need to produce a property with the project name followed by the thickness and the filename, come see the trick to group these properties into one.
Without wanting to spoil the thread of the discussion @gt22, it makes me like @Gerald for the link on the concanation (and I use chrome just like you)
On the other hand, for what I understand of the function, I don't really see the point. In the files; Ownership happens rather naturally. You put your names aside one after the other by simply clicking or writing the note.
But since I don't have access to the tutorial, a subtlety must escape me^^
Thank you for your answers I hadn't seen them, I didn't receive any notification this time, bizzare. In short, I wanted to study all these links but I don't have access either.
In the meantime I stick to the simple addition of the dimensions in "description" by clicking on my length and width. I no longer include call numbers in names. and then I'll try to study your links if it becomes accessible:)
