I agree Jack. I would like to see at the very least the functionality to
"suggest" a filename for custom iparts.
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Sean Dotson, PE
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...sleep is for the weak..
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"Jack Brentner" wrote in message
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> Thanks Sean,
>
> Thanksgiving weekend is coming up. Maybe it's time to dig into the
Inventer
> VBA API next. There seems to me that this variable property and file
naming
> is among a few simple things that a self-respecting programmer at Autodesk
> could have done to flesh out iParts. The other one that would have been a
> real benefit would have been custom parameter acceptable ranges PER line
> item entry. Afterall, you can't make a 3/4 OD drill bushing with a 1 inch
> bore, nor can you make a 1/2 OD drill bushing that has a 0.144 bore any
> longer than 1-3/4, but a 5/16 bore can be up to 2-1/8 long. I suspect
there
> are many interdimensional relationships of this nature that iParts cannot
> address. But then you get into chicken and egg issues. So maybe not so
easy.
>
> Many Thanks,
> Jack
>
> "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> > Not off the top of my head as the concatenate function is getting the
info
> > from the default values in the Excel sheet. The custom ID is getting
> passed
> > directly to the model and not thru the Excel sheet. AFAIK there is not
a
> > way to do this. Let me give it some thought however.
> >
> > Sean Dotson
> > http://www.sdotson.com
> > ...sleep is for the weak...
> >
> > "Jack Brentner" wrote in message
> > news:CDCAE5F52AEB217E9AAC407ABB14B358@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > I'm making a drill bushing ipart with the ID as a customer parameter
> that
> > > the user enters (since a myriad of ID's can be called for). Then I
have
> a
> > > custom property, STOCK, in the parent that I'm trying to populate by
the
> > > formula:
> > >
> > > =CONCATENATE("SF-",A2,"x",B2,"x",C2)
> > >
> > > Where:
> > > A2 = the ID, a custom parameter [value initially 0.25]
> > > B2 = the OD, key number 1 [value initially 0.5]
> > > C2 = the LENGTH, key number 2 [value initially 1]
> > >
> > > In the spreadsheet, the STOCK column initially computes to:
> SF-0.25x0.5x1
> > >
> > > Then when I go to use this custom iPart and define the ID to .138, the
> > STOCK
> > > property still reads SF-0.25x0.5x1 (not SF-0.138x0.5x1 as expected).
Any
> > > tips to get this to work like it "should"? I've posted the ipart in CF
> for
> > > review.
> > >
> > > And another thing. How come Autodesk don't figure you'd want Inventor
to
> > > suggest a filename instead of dumb Part1, etc. so this concatenate can
> be
> > > the default filename?
> > >
> > > Thanks Many,
> > > Jack
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>