I'm currently looking for a way to retrieve the Sheet Metal Sidewall Length and Width property in order to display it on a drawing.
Currently I go through the smartproperties but the problem is that the value is updated only if you restart the smartproperties after making a modification on the room otherwise the flow does not update.
I had thought of inserting a welded parts list table but the problem is that you have to insert this table every time (impossible to save it in a drawing model)
The final goal is to recover the smallest possible sheet metal flow and to display it on the MEP and above all that in the event of a modification of the part, the flow follows in the simplest way possible.
Currently we have an A4 drawing template where we drag the unfolded view and all that remains is to save.
On the unfolded view of the sheet metal, right-click around the view (not where there is geometry) annotations and Properties of the welded parts list.
For gt22 version hack not possible because all our parts sent in cut go through this type of mep... (+ 500/ month)
And they are of any slender circular shape or even complex shape according to the need.
The goal is to recover a flow rate for our in-house laser technician in order to estimate the material cost for our ERP.
Otherwise for coyote very nice the trick that I didn't know at all.
So I edited the annotation to remove the property I'm interested in , i.e . $PRPWLD: "Length of the sheet metal side" and the same thing for the width but impossible to display it without choosing the front view... So I can't create a ready-made MEP model for the moment where it would be enough to drag the unfolded view. (in order to save the right click anotation... or the drag of a favorite annotation)
If you want it to be as simple as possible, you can integrate it directly into the title block and link the boxes with the custom properties that you will also have to create and fill in with the links I put in the previous post. For it to work properly, you will still have to put the unfolded view in the MEP in 1st. It's going to be hot to put in place in the cartridge but then you'll be quiet...
After several attempts, it was impossible to put the annotation in the cartouche and link it to the part.
So I'm thinking of falling back either on the annotationcreate thanks to the properties of the welded parts list or I continue with the smart and before launching my parts I launch integration so that it updates my smartproperties on all sheet metal parts.
Here is an example (attached file) of what we do as a MEP for a laser, in red what I want to modify I need as currently a flow rate but which is updated in case of modification of the part.
Currently this speed is only updated if you restart the smartproperties of the room.
So in the model basemap, we would need an annotation in the cartouche that retrieves these 2 properties of flank length and flank width as soon as we drag the unfolded view, but I'm starting to believe that this is not possible.
In 2016, the linking of properties in the drawing was improved, thus allowing to point to the properties of the projecting component or body and thus to retrieve the properties of the welded parts and put them in a template.
Then you have to create a new box in your MEP then put a text line and link these with the 2 properties, first length then you put an X for both and width and if you have custom properties with the thickness you can also put it so you will have everything in the same box...
Well I think that if you want to have something practical and fast, this is the note that will be the most suitable if you only want to have the length and width of the cut.
We're waiting for the renewal of the PCs in December to take advantage and move on to the 2016 so thank you for your answers which make us stay on the same principle for 3 months we'll see with the 2016 for the improvement of our templates.
