It seems that parts created before 2018 do not have this column when opened in SW 2019.
Is there a way to turn it on?
I am using SW2019 SP5.0. Parts created here DO have this Link column.
Pre-2018 part:
2019 part:
My ultimate objective is to eliminate the "Linked to Parent Part" Value. As shown above, the values are blank so don't let that throw you - there are PLENTY more below. They are UNEDITABLE; that was an "enhancement" (grrr). It does not matter if in-context or out-of-context, the values are still locked.
I believe that having this Link Column available provides the option to de-link the Property, thus making it editable.
The source of these particular properties come from a Split part. The option to "Copy Custom Properties to new parts" is turned off, but they still come thru. The only workaround I can find is to recreate the split feature in SW2019 and save new split parts and totally recreate the models that use these split parts. (Not happening.)
I thought I saw a "switch" someplace to enable this Link column, like in the Document Properties, but I cannot find it now.
I too have this question, plus:
It seems that parts created before 2018 do not have this column when opened in SW 2019.
Is there a way to turn it on?
I am using SW2019 SP5.0. Parts created here DO have this Link column.
Pre-2018 part:
2019 part:
My ultimate objective is to eliminate the "Linked to Parent Part" Value. As shown above, the values are blank so don't let that throw you - there are PLENTY more below. They are UNEDITABLE; that was an "enhancement" (grrr). It does not matter if in-context or out-of-context, the values are still locked.
I believe that having this Link Column available provides the option to de-link the Property, thus making it editable.
The source of these particular properties come from a Split part. The option to "Copy Custom Properties to new parts" is turned off, but they still come thru. The only workaround I can find is to recreate the split feature in SW2019 and save new split parts and totally recreate the models that use these split parts. (Not happening.)
I thought I saw a "switch" someplace to enable this Link column, like in the Document Properties, but I cannot find it now.