3 Replies Latest reply on Oct 13, 2016 1:30 PM by Claudio Stammitti

Gauge table parameter into drawing

Claudio Stammitti Oct 7, 2016 4:57 PM

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

Re: Gauge table parameter into drawing

Nilesh Patel Oct 8, 2016 5:34 AM (in response to Claudio Stammitti)

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,
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Re: Gauge table parameter into drawing

Deepak Gupta Oct 8, 2016 2:53 AM (in response to Claudio Stammitti)

Are you looking for these

TableThickness Property (IBaseFlangeFeatureData)
ThicknessTableName Property (IBaseFlangeFeatureData)
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- Re: Gauge table parameter into drawing
  
  Claudio Stammitti Oct 13, 2016 1:30 PM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  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
  
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