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Reference part data in assembly drawing

Question asked by Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015
Latest reply on Nov 3, 2015 by Bjorn Hulman

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Is there a way to reference part data in an assembly drawing? For example, I have an assembly containing two parts from which I make a drawing. I want to reference metadata contained in one of those parts and not the assembly itself in my drawing notes. Typically I would use $PRPSHEET:"XYZ" to reference the data, but this will only pull from data stored in my assembly and not go down deeper into the part level. Seems like there should be some notation that would make this possible without having to add additional data at the assembly level duplicating data in the singular part files.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you much.

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Bjorn Hulman Nov 2, 2015 12:01 PM

Sam,

If you have views of the lower level part on the drawing sheet you can change the sheet properties to read form the desires view in the bottom left.

If you want to cheat, you can add that view off the sheet so it doesn't print.

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Sam Moffatt @ Bjorn Hulman on Nov 2, 2015 12:11 PM

Bjorn,

Thanks for the reply. The problem with changing the sheet properties to only read from that part is that I also have references to the assembly itself in my notes package. Ideally I would like to be able to reference data from the two separate parts as well as data from the assembly itself (made from the two parts).

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Bjorn Hulman @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 12:16 PM

Fair enough Sam,

Where do you want the part data to show up? In the title block, or on the drawing area?

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Sam Moffatt @ Bjorn Hulman on Nov 2, 2015 12:46 PM

Bjorn,

I was hoping to have the part data show up in the drawing area. It would be part of a numbered notes list.

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Bjorn Hulman @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 3, 2015 4:05 AM

Only thing I can think of then is to put a modified BOM into your title block. Not terribly elegant though.

You might want to ask the question from the API gurus.

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Jeremy Feist @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 12:17 PM

then you would need to attach the note to the edge/face/etc. of the part, then it will pull the property info from that part (assuming you pick that option from the dialog when you add the property to the note). or you if you have the view of the part file you can select the option for "model in view".

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Sam Moffatt @ Jeremy Feist on Nov 2, 2015 12:43 PM

Jeremy,

So essentially I would need separate notes anytime that I wanted to include a reference to a different part. I was hoping to avoid that option as it will make things a bit messy on the drawing, I currently have one large note package (numbered list) for all relevant data. I might just be stuck with entering the text manually...

Thank you for the help.

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Jeremy Feist @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 5:53 PM

Depends on the specifics. if you put your note IN a view, you could mix and match between the assembly and ONE (or MAYBE two) of the parts, but I think that would be the limit. you have these options for EACH property in the note when you build the note "package"

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Bjorn Hulman Nov 2, 2015 12:01 PM
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Sam,

If you have views of the lower level part on the drawing sheet you can change the sheet properties to read form the desires view in the bottom left.
If you want to cheat, you can add that view off the sheet so it doesn't print.
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- Sam Moffatt @ Bjorn Hulman on Nov 2, 2015 12:11 PM
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  Bjorn,
  
  Thanks for the reply. The problem with changing the sheet properties to only read from that part is that I also have references to the assembly itself in my notes package. Ideally I would like to be able to reference data from the two separate parts as well as data from the assembly itself (made from the two parts).
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  - Bjorn Hulman @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 12:16 PM
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    Fair enough Sam,
    
    Where do you want the part data to show up? In the title block, or on the drawing area?
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    - Sam Moffatt @ Bjorn Hulman on Nov 2, 2015 12:46 PM
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      Bjorn,
      
      I was hoping to have the part data show up in the drawing area. It would be part of a numbered notes list.
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      - Bjorn Hulman @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 3, 2015 4:05 AM
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        Only thing I can think of then is to put a modified BOM into your title block. Not terribly elegant though.
        
        You might want to ask the question from the API gurus.
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  - Jeremy Feist @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 12:17 PM
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    then you would need to attach the note to the edge/face/etc. of the part, then it will pull the property info from that part (assuming you pick that option from the dialog when you add the property to the note). or you if you have the view of the part file you can select the option for "model in view".
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    - Sam Moffatt @ Jeremy Feist on Nov 2, 2015 12:43 PM
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      Jeremy,
      
      So essentially I would need separate notes anytime that I wanted to include a reference to a different part. I was hoping to avoid that option as it will make things a bit messy on the drawing, I currently have one large note package (numbered list) for all relevant data. I might just be stuck with entering the text manually...
      
      Thank you for the help.
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      - Jeremy Feist @ Sam Moffatt on Nov 2, 2015 5:53 PM
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        Depends on the specifics. if you put your note IN a view, you could mix and match between the assembly and ONE (or MAYBE two) of the parts, but I think that would be the limit. you have these options for EACH property in the note when you build the note "package"
        
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