Content Center

[surfershipp]

I am having trouble editing the iProperties in content center parts.  Currently the company I work for uses Excel for their BOMs.  We are trying to switch over to iProperties to make the future BOMs.  In doing this, I need to adjust the iProperties desc to our companies pn#'s.  Is it possible to do this?  Edit Content Centers iProperties?  Also, we are not using vault, all files are on the companies network.

Thanks in advance,

Ty

Perth, Australia

[cbenner]

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@surfershipp wrote:

I am having trouble editing the iProperties in content center parts.  Currently the company I work for uses Excel for their BOMs.  We are trying to switch over to iProperties to make the future BOMs.  In doing this, I need to adjust the iProperties desc to our companies pn#'s.  Is it possible to do this?  Edit Content Centers iProperties?  Also, we are not using vault, all files are on the companies network.

Thanks in advance,

Ty

Perth, Australia

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Welcome surfer...

It sounds like what you need to do, if I understand the question right, is edit the Content Center family table.  Each table may be a little bit different, but look for a description column, or create a new column for it if it isn't there.  Whatever way you go, the key is to make sure the column is mapped to the correct iproperty on the model.  To do this, right click on the column header and select Column Properties.  In the dialog that opens, you will see in the middle: Map To Inventor Property.  The pull down there will give you a list of all available iproperties.  If you do not see one there, it is probably already mapped in another column somewhere in that family table.  Whatever iproperty you select there, the contents of that column will populate the iproperty when the model is placed.  If the model for that particular CC part has already been generated with the old information on it, open an assembly that contains the CC part and use Refresh Standard Content to update it.

Good luck!