Hello everyone,
Few days ago I got into custom properties, I created my own template for sheetmetal parts and i wanted to ask if I can somehow view the thickness in the custom properties window, see attached picture. I know how to link thickness to a part, but i would like to see it in that custom properties window if its posible. And also is it possible to show units like kilograms in that window?
Thanks for any kind of advice.
Best regards
Hi
You can add the thickness of a sheet metal part to the property tab builder as below. Once you apply the properties for the first time it should show the thickness. You could also add the custom property to you part template.
Not sure if there is a way to display the units.
Hello,
This seems like what I am looking for, but thickness is only shown after I click ''apply'' while weight is shown before that. Any way how to see it immediately?
Best regards
The reason it does not show up until you click apply is because the custom property does not initially exist. It is getting added the first time you click apply. If you want it to always be there you could add the Thickness custom property to your part template.
Mary Miller wrote:
Hello everyone,
Few days ago I got into custom properties, I created my own template for sheetmetal parts and i wanted to ask if I can somehow view the thickness in the custom properties window, see attached picture. I know how to link thickness to a part, but i would like to see it in that custom properties window if its posible. And also is it possible to show units like kilograms in that window?
Thanks for any kind of advice.
Best regards
You posted "view" the thickness, which is readily done.
But I took it that the various mm radio buttons were related to the thickness. Are these for setting the thickness?
Kevin
Hello,
These radio buttons arent connected to thickness of actual part, I need to know the thickness of the part first and then select one of these radio buttons to apply ''part number'' of the ''sheet metal plate'' to this part. There is part number under each of these thickness radio buttons, I hope that makes sense to you.
Best regards
Mary Miller wrote:
Hello,
These radio buttons arent connected to thickness of actual part, I need to know the thickness of the part first and then select one of these radio buttons to apply ''part number'' of the ''sheet metal plate'' to this part. There is part number under each of these thickness radio buttons, I hope that makes sense to you.
Best regards
As another potential workflow:
You can concatenate multiple properties and static text into a custom property.
To illustrate, I'm using the mass property as a "starting part number" property to show appending the thickness directly.
Downside is that there is no formatting available, such as specifying the number of decimal places.
Just another notion to add to your tool belt.
Kevin
I added ''Thickness@Sheet-Metal'' through property tab builder like someone already suggested, the only issue is that i need to click apply first and then the thickness will appear, but I guess I can live with that. But thanks for help anyway.
Best regards
Hello,
"thickness" is a linked global variable in sheet metal indicating the...thickness.
Global variables and custom properties can't be named the same, and I believe this applies to case, too.
So you'll need to create a differently named thickness custom property and point it at the gv: thickness.
Also, I don't believe a custom property can drive the linked gv.
Look into gauge tables.
Kevin
EDIT: For thickness, the names can match: