11 Replies Latest reply on May 22, 2018 8:46 PM by Dave Bear

Remove strange numbers from Assembly Feature Tree?

Eddie Pellegrin Jan 26, 2018 2:40 PM

We just updated to 2018 and now I'm seeing some numbers in our assembly feature tree behind our file name " -1<1> " "-2<2>" I'm not sure what they mean, I"m guess one is the number of instances that the component was inserted, but they are all messed up and don't match anyways. But what I really want is to just remove them? Can that be done? I don't see an option the the Feature Tree Display. It can be really confusing since our file name is actually our part number. Any ideas? Thanks.

Re: Remove strange numbers from Assembly Feature Tree?

Eddie Pellegrin Jan 26, 2018 3:10 PM (in response to Eddie Pellegrin)

So looking back the number in the <1> has always been there, but now i have the same number in the actual file name in the tree behind a "-", but its not name that, if the part number is "ABCDE" then my tree is showing "ABCDE-1"<1> Anyone know what that "-1" means, and how to remove it?
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  Peter Anthony May 22, 2018 4:35 AM (in response to Eddie Pellegrin)
  
  Having the same issue here.
  Extremely frustrating as our file names are our part numbers too - and to make things worse our part numbering system is made up of numbers and dashes; eg. "5000-02-03-001" now reading as "5000-02-03-001-1".
  
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Re: Remove strange numbers from Assembly Feature Tree?

Steve Calvert May 22, 2018 7:56 AM (in response to Eddie Pellegrin)

Don't panic, it's just how the tree is displayed. Try right clicking the upper assy name/PN and selecting the tree display. They are different things. Inside the <> is the instance number in the assy (not sequential) and I'm not sure what the - means but it could be related to the actual configuration name of the component.

Mine is set like this.

Steve C
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Re: Remove strange numbers from Assembly Feature Tree?

Kevin Chandler May 22, 2018 8:06 AM (in response to Eddie Pellegrin)

Hello,

Are these dash numbers related to a PDM you're using?
One that's appending a revision index to the file name?

Cheers,

Kevin
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Re: Remove strange numbers from Assembly Feature Tree?

Kevin Chandler May 22, 2018 8:12 AM (in response to Eddie Pellegrin)

Hello,

Is "Show Component Descriptions" checked in your Tree Display options?
If your descriptions are similar to your file name then there is little to distinguish which you're looking at in the tree.
Especially when config names and descriptions are close/tied to the file name.

Cheers,

Kevin
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  Elisabeth Daley May 22, 2018 8:32 AM (in response to Kevin Chandler)
  
  We're having the same issue (it's definitely a new thing in 2018; we just upgraded), and it actually does go away when you turn off component descriptions. But I would actually like to see the descriptions in the tree. So instead of seeing:
  PN123<1> "Bracket"
  PN456<1> "Screw"
  PN456<2> "Screw"
  PN456<3> "Screw"
  
  We either see:
  PN123-1<1> "Bracket"
  PN456-1<1> "Screw"
  PN456-2<2> "Screw"
  PN456-3<3> "Screw"
  or
  PN123<1>
  PN456<1>
  PN456<2>
  PN456<3>
  
  The '-X' is not actually part of the file name, not related to a number in PDM, and quite confusing.
  
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    Steve Calvert May 22, 2018 8:35 AM (in response to Elisabeth Daley)
    
    That's good but I tend to want to see my configuration names as well.
    
    Steve C
    
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      Elisabeth Daley May 22, 2018 8:39 AM (in response to Steve Calvert)
      
      Yeah, me too A bunch of PN1234565 -like numbers in the tree is not very helpful.
      
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        Steve Calvert May 22, 2018 8:43 AM (in response to Elisabeth Daley)
        
        I do tend to go too far when I show display states but old habits are hard to get rid of...
        
        Steve C
        
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    Peter Anthony May 22, 2018 8:19 PM (in response to Elisabeth Daley)
    
    Yep, it seems 'show component descriptions' is the cause of the -1, -2, -X, etc, suffix tacked onto file names.
    
    But what if we would like to see component descriptions after our already complicated file names?
    Solidworks 2018, please explain the mysterious -X??
    
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      Dave Bear May 22, 2018 8:46 PM (in response to Peter Anthony)
      
      Peter Anthony wrote:
      
      please explain the mysterious -X??
      Hi Peter,
      Don't take this as 100% but I'm pretty sure that the '-X' at the end means it is derived from another part (or perhaps feature).
      
      Dave.
      
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