SW2017 SP5
We do not do a lot of weldment drawings here, so I am not all that familiar with the inner workings of cut list tables.
I have a cut list for a tubular frame with some feet made from plate. I have the plate set up as a weldment profile. In the model, the tree looks like this:
The plate items are detailed on a separate sheet of the drawing. I would like to replace the length value in the cut list table with N/A but cannot figure out how to do it. When I right click on a cut list item and select Properties, the Cut-List Properties dialog is displayed:
Changes to the LENGTH property in the above tab have no effect. If I select the 'Properties Summary' tab, I can change the property value, and it seems to stick:
But, the cut list on the drawing does not show the change:
Also,when I view the cut list properties again, the Properties Summary has reverted back:
So, is what I'm asking not possible, or have I missed something?
First off you really should be creating plate with the Sheet Metal features not Weldments. It tracks the sheet metal properties differently and you can have the thickness, width, and length properties in their own columns on the cut list.
I was running into an issue in I believe 2017 and 2018 where I could change properties in the "properties summary" tab, but i had to click BACK to the "cut list summary" tab and THEN click okay or my changes would not hold. Try that first.
Next, are you using a BOM or the actual cut list table?
Drop your part and your cut list template here and I'll give her a look. I work in weldments and sheet metal all day