2021.2 update issue?

[RGarnerN3RFL]

I installed the 2021.2 Inventor update on my workstation yesterday morning. After that Inventor started having a odd behavior. When I would place a steel shape out of content center the size of the material would not put the correct text for the size of the material in the BOM. It was adding extra quotation marks for inch size material. For example a piece of steel angle that should be 2" x 2" x 1/8" W.T. x 12" LG. It would add a couple of extra quotation marks for example 2""" x 2""" x 1/8""" W.T. x 12"" LG. I checked the family table in content center to see if it was showing the correct syntax for the sizes. It was showing that it was incorrect there as well. I even checked a steel shape that is in a content center that I have not used in one of my designs. Are content center is on are vault server and shared with the rest of the members in are design group. I checked with the other members and I was the only one with the issue so far. I reinstalled Inventor without the 2021.2 update after erasing the program data files to resolve the issue. Because I was curious, I installed the 2021.2 update over lunch and the extra quotation mark behavior continued again. I uninstalled the update this time to resolve the issue for now. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The behavior does not sound right for sure. We are investigating the issue and there isn't a solution yet. In the meantime, you may want to uninstall 2021.2 update to avoid the behavior.

Many thanks!

[maurobonora]

Me too

I have the same problem....

[jan_priban]

Hello guys,

give me please a hint like:

- I placed steel shape by Place from Content Center

- I placed frame using Frame Generator

- I placed the family "ANSI L (Unequal angles)"

- I placed family I publish into CC by myself (originaly iPart)

- BOM looks like <image>

So far BOM (QTY, PartNumber, StockNumber) looks OK to me, I see no double-quotes, image taken using r 2021.2 connected to remote server

R 2021.2 remote

Regards

Jan Priban

[maurobonora]

This problem I think is only for the custom content center.

 

 

[jan_priban]

Hello Mauro,

would be possible to send us your Content Center library where your steel shape is published?

You don't have to share your library here, you could send it directly to me (if size is not so big, for big size library we can use an cloud repository). Let me know

If possible, send it please to

jan.priban@autodesk.com

Regards

Jan Priban

[jan_priban]

Hello Mauro,

I validated double quotes in your IDCL library and yes, I see 2021.1 is OK while 2021.2 shows double quotes.  I will log a defect and our developers look what has changed between 2021.1 and 2021.2. 

But what so far? One suggestion coming into my mind ...

Seems your families has same set of columns, error is "born/starts" in the column SIZE DESIGNATION and other columns refers it like FILENAME = {DESIGNATION} &" " & L= &{B_L}.

So all what is need is to fix the SIZE DESIGNATION formula = need to add ampersand. 

Content Center has API, I believe it would be possible to go through all CC families, find expression of the SIZE DESIGNATION column and replace the " " by & " ". Means all families could be fixed by API script.

If you are interested in such API approach, let me know, I can help you.

Similar sample for one family (CC API allows to iterate through all families) replacing % by #

Sub TableExpression()
Dim oFamily As ContentFamily
Set oFamily = ThisApplication.ContentCenter.GetContentObject("v3#" & "2631012d-f8ba-4114-b045-b3ebfc0a1d43" & "#")
Debug.Print oFamily.TableColumns.Count
Debug.Print oFamily.TableColumns(10).Expression
oFamily.TableColumns(10).Expression = Replace(oFamily.TableColumns(10).Expression, "%", "#", 1, -1)
oFamily.Save
Debug.Print oFamily.TableColumns(10).Expression
End Sub

Regards

Jan Priban