'custom property format' reseting

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

Ive been working on some parts and associated drawings for several months.

I had some plates which had the thickness parameter formated within the parts to show round numbers.

I had used these fomated (and exported) parameters to make labels to show plate thickness on a detail.

ie

user parameter name = Legbrace_Stiff01_Thk

unit = mm

equation = 10.000 mm

export parameter ticked - formated to show no trailing 0's and no unit

preview = 10

iproperties : Stock Number "=<Legbrace_Stiff01>_Thk> PLATE"

gives "10 PLATE"

note on drawing calls <StockNumber>

Had been working fine for weeks...multiple (unrelated) revisions no worries

Then today, I open drawing and all notes read 10.000mm PLATE

When i look at the part files, the formating has dissapeared!

If i reformat in each part, the notes correct and seem to hold the formating...for now.

Any thoughts as to why parameters would loose formating for what seems no apparent reason.

[Anonymous]

Just had some of these do this again. (not all on drawing but a few)

Its a pain reseting them every time.

Could this be a bug...can anyone else confirm/replicate this behavior when using skeletal modeling??

to expand...

the 'LegBrace_Stiff01_Thk' parameter is first defined in a skeleton model, which is then derived into the part file to give it the extrusion length.

I have been formating the parameter in the part file, not the skeleton file...I may want to use the full format in other files so I only realy want the formating in the part file of the stiffener and not the skeleton file.

[Anonymous]

This is definately a BUG

Keeps doing it...very anoying

Anyone from autodesk care to weigh in???