Title Block Formatting

[JKHouston]

I've been trying to figure out how to correct the formatting of the mass units in my title block but cannot figure it out. So, I thought I would ask here and see if someone can point me in the right direction.

I am using the mass property from my model in my title block but it includes the "lbmass" suffix to the weight. I would like to be able to remove the suffix but cannot figure out how to change the formatting.

Is there some way to parse that info from the property or do I need to get my information some other way?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

John

[Cadmanto · Accepted solution]

John,

I just went through this.  What I did was apply an iLogic Rule (see attached) and just typed "LBS" after the property name. 

You first have to create a property name called "TotalWT". 

Then run the rule.

While you are editing definition in your template drawing title block, edit the text and browse to

Then under the property listing select "TotalWT".

You also should setup triggers so that when you save or open the document this rule will run automatically.  This will keep the weight current.

I have since added this rule as an external rule so I can run it and have the same info on older drawings.

When you are done, it should look like this.

I hope this helps you.  Good luck.

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[SeanFarr]

I have been running the same rule for awhile now, works greats..

Cadmanto, do you know why the results are calculated in KG? Why do we have to mulitply by the conversion factor to get LBS results??

Rule works great, just never understood why we have to convert, when working in imperial units to start with.

Thanks

Sean

[mrattray]

You have to convert, because Inventor never works in Imperial units. When you set your units to Imperial it does it's internal calculations in kg and cm, when it displays information on the screen to you it converts it into lbs and in for you. In fact, if your working in metric using g and mm, Inventor is still working in the background in kg and cm.

When you use programming to manipulate data, you're bypassing the interface and therefore bypassing the seamless conversion from kg to lbs. Hence, you must manually convert.

I hope that clears it up for you.

[SeanFarr]

Yea, makes sense to me,

Thanks!

[JKHouston]

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!