3 Replies Latest reply on Jul 20, 2017 12:00 PM by Sean Donnelly

How to select configuration for description display in PDM?

Adam Baker Jul 12, 2017 8:05 AM

I have a group of parts that have a large number of configurations in each file (1350 configurations). Each configuration is set up with a specific description, and then there is a different default description.

I'm trying to get it set up so that all 5 parts will show in the description in the default configuration. In the attached image, the first 3 highlighted parts are showing descriptions from the first part with an assigned part number, and the last 2 parts are showing the default configuration descriptions.

I know there's an option in Display for setting focus to the active configuration, which in our case is not selected.

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Re: How to select configuration for description display in PDM?

Sean Donnelly Jul 19, 2017 4:25 PM (in response to Adam Baker)

I may not be following fully, but are you just wanting a generic description for the part to be guaranteed to show in the explorer column?

If so, the @ configuration is the one that drives everything. It looks like you probably typed the ".Default" yourself. Use the @ configuration on the data card and this will drive the description logic for what appears.

Hope that helps, sorry if that isn't 100% what you meant.
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Re: How to select configuration for description display in PDM?

Stephen Lapic Jul 20, 2017 11:08 AM (in response to Adam Baker)

I may not be following you fully as well but, in a model, the last description you edited (custom or configuration specific) will be the one that shows up in the description column in the vault.
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  Sean Donnelly Jul 20, 2017 12:00 PM (in response to Stephen Lapic)
  
  I'll be damned you're right. I've never noticed this. Well, that's a default. The way you can change this is in the Columns in the Admin Tool. You can set the variable to be read from a specific configuration. This can be @, or Default, or whatever.
  
  Note: This option does not seem to be available for the Search Columns.
  
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