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How to add " Controlled Copy
We have a "watermark" in out title blocks that is a note that points to the Enterprise State (Released, Prototype, Pending, etc).
The only issue is, once the drawing is moved to released, it has to be checked out for the watermark to update, and then checked back in. I don't know of a different solution, but if there is one I'd like to try it out.-
How to add " Controlled Copy
Joy Garon
Mar 11, 2008 1:43 PM
Stan ... oops I mean Corey,
How are you creating the watermark? Is it just text that is associated to a file property?
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How to add " Controlled Copy
Yep, it appears in the title block and is just a note linked to a file property.-
How to add " Controlled Copy
Joy Garon
Mar 11, 2008 2:12 PM
Shouldn't you be able to use a transition action to write the variable value back to the file on the transition? (see image)
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How to add " Controlled Copy
I am using the Transition Comment to add text to our titleblocks for watermarking and revision comments. Works great and helps automate our workflow-
How to add " Controlled Copy
So you're forcing transition comments by a user and then pushing that to the titleblock? I'm not sure that would work any better for us because the transition to "release" is automatic. Thoughts?-
How to add " Controlled Copy
I am overwriting any user comments in the Workflow transition comments. I set the variable to say "Under Revision" for example when a drawing goes to checking and that goes in the titleblock.-
How to add " Controlled Copy
Joy Garon
Mar 13, 2008 5:21 PM
I think the issue is (and Corey, correct me if I'm wrong)...
The value of the variable (doesn't matter which one) IS being written back to the drawing file, but, prior to the 2008 release, the integrated preview window (aka; eDrawings viewer) would not show the updated value because the SolidWorks drawing file must be physically opened and saved in order to update the display list so that it can be viewed properly in the viewer.
This is not necessary in 2008.
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Re: How to add " Controlled Copy
As I understand it, in any case writing to a variable causes the file to be checked out and back in by the system, as evidenced by the fact that programmatically writing to a variable causes a new version to be generated.
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