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pcrawley
in reply to: 4thAxis

Sorry @4thAxis - I should never have gotten involved in this...

 

My second suggestion doesn't really work either.  It'll work OK until you decide to put something into the Part Number field.  Then, when you hit save, it'll copy the value from Part Number to Title, delete Part Number, and save the file.  And that all happens in the background, so who knows when you'll notice what it has done.

 

Regarding custom iProperties: You said "I'm not going to create a custom iproperty with the same/similar name to avoid confusion".  Given what else you said in your original post, "Part Number" is ambiguous - it could mean Customer Part Number, McMaster Part Number, or your Part Number.

 

If you created three separate custom iProperties:

  • Customer Part Number
  • Vendor Part Number (you may have more than McMaster as a vendor)
  • Your Company Part Number

Then there's no ambiguity, no need for iLogic, and no fighting something Inventor has done since time began.  You may have to update your drawing/parts list etc, but for the sake of making things right, it's probably worth the effort.

Peter