Hello all,
I was wondering how can I obtain the gauge number, from a gauge table in a sheetmetal part and report it into a drawing through or a custom parameter of the sheetmetal part.
I see that by default SW creates many custom properties for a sheetmetal part in the cutlist folder properties, but not the gauge number from the table.
Any idea, API or workaround to get this information automatically, rather than making a manual input in the properties of the file?
thank you all in advance
Thanks for the information
What I am looking for is something like Nilesh described, but automated with a simple API.
The thing is that I'd like it to work with different type of gauge tables, such as Steel, Aluminum, etc. therefore I want to avoid embedding a long IF statement string because it would be very long to manage (my guess).
Is there any way to use something similar to a Lookup excel command?
Then I would trigger the API once a sheet metal part is created, or else for a solid part it might end with an error for the global variable as it will search on an empty value of thickness
Thanks for your support
Hi Claudio,
You can achieve this by creating a global variable "Gauge" and use nested 'IF' statement and "Thickness" to find out the sheet metal gauge. Then you can create a custom property in the part document and link that custom property in the drawing.
Here is a detailed explanation: SOLIDWORKS 2016 - The sheet metal gauges - May 2016 - YouTube
Regards,