Feature Request: create user parameters on the fly

[JetForMe]

I'd love to be able to create a user parameter on the fly. I imagine it working like this:

I'm typing a value into a parameter field somewhere (e.g. a dimension constraint), and I type the name of a non-existent user parameter. Right now, it just turns red and fails to do anything. Instead, it should pop up a dialog that offers to create the user parameter with that name (editable), and specify all the relevant metaparameters (units, description, etc.).

Might be nice to have a list of spelling alternatives for existing parameters too, in case I just mistyped something.

[davebYYPCU]

“Parameter name = value”

creates a Favourite parameter, units are derived from the dimension type, length or angle.

Might help.....

[jhackney1972]

You can do this now.  In the process you described in your post you stopped a little too early in your process.  As you type in your dynamic dimension, while creating your sketch, type the parameter name and then add an "=" sign and continue with the value.  This will create a parameter with the value in the parameter table.  There is one down side to this method, the "fx" label is not added to the sketch dimension to indicate it is a parametric value but it will still linked and will change when the parameter table is update.

[mikahb]

Edit - seems like it works as it should, not sure how I ended up needing to save - must be something I did wrong.

For anyone else that lands here and finds @jhackney1972's correct answer, one last tidbit:

When you dynamically add a parameter by typing param_name=value, you have to save the document before you can access the new parameter elsewhere.

[carl.j.barker]

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@mikahb wrote:

When you dynamically add a parameter by typing param_name=value, you have to save the document before you can access the new parameter elsewhere.

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Not in my experience. They are available to the design as soon as they are created.

[mikahb]

Huh.  I checked it a couple times, but just did a new Design and it works as expected without saving.

Maybe I was in the wrong place or something.  I will try to recreate the workflow later, but yeah - seems my answer is off - I will correct it.