Support Request: Provide way to reorder user parameters

[ripberger]

Please provide a way to modify the order of User Parameters.

My preference, drag and drop to move a give parameter up or down in the list.

You don't always know all the parameters you will need and sometimes when you figure that out (and the list is long), you really want to move the new one to be placed with the other ones that it's associated with. The current list is sorted in order of creation (which is usually OK except perhaps when you want to add some later).

[burton_reads]

As @spencer-white said, this is a VERY easy change to implement, unless the code for the table in the UI is limited. You already implemented sorting by columns - the reordering would essentially be a hidden column with the ability to manually move an entry.

I'm using limited parameters myself for just two parts that attach to an aluminum extrusion. I'm already feeling it that I can't order things to have related parameters show on the same screen for comparison and adjustment. I can't imagine people dealing with bigger assemblies with hundreds of parameters.

[burton_reads]

By the way, simply adding an auto-incrementing column to the table that can be sorted upon would do the trick. People can edit the numbering and sort that way. The UI to actually drag and drop the order is much more complex and is probably the reason why you haven't implemented it.

[spencer-white]

Having done similar work in the past, coding-wise, I can assert that it is not, unless they’ve done something horrible to their code! 😄

[jflund]

re. "...Please remember the sort order for the parameters and use the previously stored order when i open the dialog."

I hope that this request is not too deep in this thread that it is lost to Autodesk. The ability to sort promoters is extremely important when we make parametric models. But it is actually a big nuisance to have to resort the list every time the PARAMETERS window is closed and reopened. This is even more of a nuisance because, as far as I can tell, there is no way to make the PARAMETERS window modeless. It has to be closed in order for me to be able to interact with the model.

So I would like to make an additional request: Please make the PARAMETERS window modeless. In other words: Please let the PARAMETERS window stay open (and preferably on top of the model window) so I can modify the parameters and then interact with the model without having to close and reopen (and re-sort!) the PARAMETERS window. This would make the parametric modeling process much more useful, allowing me to make quick Changs to a model and immediately view the results. It would make the process of assuring that changes to parameter values don't have unintended consequences much simpler.

Thank you!

[Julie_7]

I also asked for a non-modal parameter window quite a while ago. It is so frustrating to have to open and close the window constantly. I do like that it is unconstrained to the boundaries of the F360 window. I do not want to loose that.

With a widescreen monitor or multiple monitors having it open all the time would be a huge benefit.