Hey all!
I have been trying to achieve this from a long time, but unable to do so.
Basically what i wanted to achieve is as mentioned below,
I have two folder viz., Folder A and Folder B.
Now Folder A & B is driven by incremental serial number. (lets say solidworks part file)
Eg: AB 01
AB 02
Whenever a solidworks part file reaches the approved state, it moves/is moved to Folder B--> Approved Folder ( for now manually ), This is where the real part begins...
Now in Folder B, I have a template that creates a new project folder
Eg : PROJ 01
PROJ 02 .
Now I moved that approved part file from approved folder ( AB 01) to a project folder ( PROJ 01) and make a assembly for with the same name (PROJ 01) .
This can be achieved by assigning a serial number to the assembly with the same project folder number.
But the different parts created(AB 01) in that PROJ 01 has the increment part files.
For eg;
Folder B
PROJ 01
ASSEM 01
AB 01
AB 02.
Instead of the above file name , I want something like this,
Folder B
PROJ 01
ASSEM 01
AB 01 XYZ
AB 01 DEF ,
So here AB 01 should not increment. How to restrict this serial number for a folder.
Now XYZ, DEF are manual inputs,
Again if i want to create PROJ 02, files should be
PROJ 02
ASSEM 02
AB 02 GHI
AB 02 KLM.
Guys ,How this can be possible?
Maybe you could have the 01 or 02 of the project folder save to a variable when the project is created. Then somehow add that variable to the file when it is moved to the new folder.
Otherwise the serial number increments when it is used. So if you had a serial number for the part 01, 02, 03 ... 0n it would always want to use the next one when you access it.