topic Re: Custom string on content center in Inventor Forum

Custom string on content center

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:31:27 GMT

Greatings.

It´s possible to create a custom property on content center give a part's name? Something like the picture.

Sorry the bad english.

Re: Custom string on content center

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:33:41 GMT

Yes you can but not where you're showing it. In the filename column of your family table create an expression that does it. See this article for more details:

https://www.synergis.com/2014/02/28/working-with-inventor-content-center-part-1-of-3/

https://www.synergis.com/2014/03/17/working-with-autodesk-inventor-content-center-part-2-of-3/

https://www.synergis.com/2014/03/28/working-with-autodesk-inventor-content-center-part-3-of-3/

(expression information is covered at the end of the article)

Re: Custom string on content center

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:49:35 GMT

But the main interest, is that all users, when they are creating the part, can give it a custom name.

Re: Custom string on content center

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:56:55 GMT

Then when you place from content center select the place as custom

Then it will ask for a file name and location. But if the custom parts end up being the same than you will have duplicate parts with diferrent names..

Re: Custom string on content center

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:31:49 GMT

Hello Mark,

i have similar question. We have Butterfly valves in Inventor 2015 CC library. In our construction we are using almost the same type of valves, example 40

in one system. I created CC libraries and I want to give “String custom option” in part (in CC) to give every part custom TAG Number by placing the part in assembly. TAG Number is helping to find the part in PID drawing.

Please look on attached picture. Could you help me to solve this problem? I don’t want to place as custom every part.

Best regards

Re: Custom string on content center

MechMachineMan — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:04:55 GMT

Have you tried going into the family table and making the column there, and then going back in the editor, right clicking and properly setting up the parameters that column maps to?

Re: Custom string on content center

Mark.Lancaster — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:07:38 GMT

@Anonymous

Yes it would be nice to have the P&ID tags attached to the valve but that means you would need to create a entry in the content center for each tag that you need. Meaning its not possible to create a single valve in content center and then have a custom/prompted entry for each tag you need.

However when I use to support routed system models in the past we would rename the broswer name of the content center component (or valve) as the tag name. I'm also going to tag @cbenner to see if he has other ideas about this.

Re: Custom string on content center

cbenner — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:31:20 GMT

@Mark.Lancaster wrote:

@Anonymous

Yes it would be nice to have the P&ID tags attached to the valve but that means you would need to create a entry in the content center for each tag that you need. Meaning its not possible to create a single valve in content center and then have a custom/prompted entry for each tag you need.

However when I use to support routed system models in the past we would rename the broswer name of the content center component (or valve) as the tag name. I'm also going to tag @cbenner to see if he has other ideas about this.

I've never found a way to get a P&ID tag into Content Center, since the tag number will be different every time I use that valve. I simply use a column in my parts list where I manually enter the tag information form my P&ID. You could create a custom iproperty at the part level, but then you would have to place each and every valve "as custom" and modify that iproperty. That just seems like a lot of work.

Re: Custom string on content center

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:50:19 GMT

Hello Mark , Chris,

It already working in my CC library. TAG Number is not only number. TAG by us contains Letter and number together. Example: TAG : AV236
I already solve the problem with number. It is really helping to work faster. Then I place one time Valve from CC, then I copy this part 20 times. Then by "change size" I can change the number. Inventor is creating new part with new TAG Number.

Problem ist in Letters. I can't create custom column to write letters only numbers.

Maybe you know how to solve this problem ?

Re: Custom string on content center

cbenner — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:58:12 GMT

Are you placing each valve "As Custom"? Are these tag parameters set up to create custom iproperties on the part?

Re: Custom string on content center

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:09:14 GMT

Hello

Of Course NO. It will take too much time. It is set ,the same like screws. I don't need to open everytime CC browser. Every part is exceptional, because File name contains TAG Number. The part remembers the last TAG name so by update we don't have any problem with TAG Number (it don't change to default).

My question is , can we create custom string parameter in CC for the part , where we can use Letters.

Best regards

Christopher

Re: Custom string on content center

cbenner — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:32:53 GMT

I really have no idea, but I doubt that can be done. I would be very interested in seeing how you set up your family table, and parts for this. Looks like you're doing something I've never even tried. You might be writing the book on this one. 🙂