Right, it is not getting the property from the iam, instead it gets the
property from the part that the leader is touching (and that part doesn't
have the custom field)
"David Radlin" wrote in message
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> I'm seeing the same behavior in 7 & 8.
>
> I have a sketch symbol that has a property field in it that references a
> model custom property field. When I insert the sketch symbol as a callout
> it extracts the lowest level custom property field of the selected.... not
a
> problem if it is an ipt, but if selected is an iam and its the iam itself
> that you want to balloon then you can't extract its custom property field.
>
> Is this what you are describing?
>
> Dave
>
>
> "David Radlin" wrote in message
> news:BCFF2A4C067D559ADF43C59EC81AB3F3@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > hmmmm.....?
> >
> > "Matt Luedke" wrote in message
> > news:66B6C88F7D8596C960B571EDCA9CBDDA@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Never had that problem in 7 worked fine
> > >
> > > "David Radlin" wrote in message
> > > news:D7DA8B67F04BA9F8D3F2139974B08631@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > This has been so... at least in IV7 it was.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > > "Matt Luedke" wrote in message
> > > > news:45348DFBF414B8743B93BFE4935356A4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > I found that in 8 if I balloon an assembly, selecting first level
> > > > > components. When I balloon a subassembly within the main assembly
> the
> > > > > balloon number will not show. We use a custom property balloon,
and
> > the
> > > > top
> > > > > level part has an item number assigned to it. The balloon will not
> > show
> > > > the
> > > > > item number, if I assign the item number to a part in the assembly
> and
> > > > > balloon that part the item number will show. Inventor is treating
my
> > > > > sub-assemblies as "only parts" but I selected "first level
> > components".
> > > Is
> > > > > this a bug, or am I missing something.
> > > > >
> > > > > Matt
> > > > >
> > > > >
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