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    <title>topic Re: iPart- Set Part Number to Extrusion Size in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;you could do it a few different ways.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In all ways, I think it is best to &lt;SPAN&gt;give the EX parameter a name in the parameters screen. Let's say you chose EX, because you did.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You could create an ilogic Rule that did this, but I'm not sure it would update when the parameter changed.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;iProperties&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Value&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Project&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Part Number&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) = "M1000 - " &amp;amp; Parameter("EX").Value&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the&amp;nbsp;way I will suggest below, you also need to set EX&amp;nbsp;to be an export parameter (and you should get the formatting how you want it also, while you're there.)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can set the Part number field in the iproperties screen to be an equation. Just type = M1000 - &amp;lt;EX&amp;gt; and hit enter&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Parameters need to be set to export and encapsulated by those characters to pull in to the equation. You'll see what I mean about needing to change the format if you look at my pictures.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hope that helps,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Dave&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:24:26 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-06-06T17:24:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>iPart- Set Part Number to Extrusion Size</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/ipart-set-part-number-to-extrusion-size/m-p/7093453#M72327</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello All,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;So im trying to get back into iParts and its probably very simple but I have forgotten. I would like for my 'Part Number' to read M1000 - (EX) where EX is the size of the extrusion and M1000 is just the Name of the object. How do i go about doing that?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 16:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Chirpyboy2060647</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-18T16:48:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: iPart- Set Part Number to Extrusion Size</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/ipart-set-part-number-to-extrusion-size/m-p/7132540#M72688</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;you could do it a few different ways.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In all ways, I think it is best to &lt;SPAN&gt;give the EX parameter a name in the parameters screen. Let's say you chose EX, because you did.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You could create an ilogic Rule that did this, but I'm not sure it would update when the parameter changed.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;iProperties&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Value&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Project&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Part Number&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) = "M1000 - " &amp;amp; Parameter("EX").Value&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the&amp;nbsp;way I will suggest below, you also need to set EX&amp;nbsp;to be an export parameter (and you should get the formatting how you want it also, while you're there.)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can set the Part number field in the iproperties screen to be an equation. Just type = M1000 - &amp;lt;EX&amp;gt; and hit enter&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Parameters need to be set to export and encapsulated by those characters to pull in to the equation. You'll see what I mean about needing to change the format if you look at my pictures.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hope that helps,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Dave&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:24:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-06-06T17:24:26Z</dc:date>
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