Inventor Nesting issue, how to replace file name for part number in legend.

Inventor Nesting issue, how to replace file name for part number in legend.

youssef-nabhan
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Inventor Nesting issue, how to replace file name for part number in legend.

youssef-nabhan
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I did a parametric assembly for a box where every part length might change according to the desired sizes. When I did the generalized assembly, I gave part names general names like "Wood 100x100 mm - L". Then I did various boxes of various sizes derived from this general assembly. (I updated every part number to reflect its dimensions)

The problem I am facing is when I did a nesting study on all these assemblies (all the sizes), the legend for each sheet was named "wood 100x100 mm - L" keeping in mind that "wood 100x100mm - L" has different sizes. This way I couldn't know what are the parts that are on the sheet. Even in the report the information is wrong.

I tried to reflect the part number instead of the file name but couldn't find a way to do so.

What are the possible ways to help me identify the characteristics of each part on the sheet? 

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WillsonLeng
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@youssef-nabhan, is that possible to try to rename the source shapes name? That will reflect to the part name in the legend.

Part Shape Rename.png

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youssef-nabhan
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@WillsonLeng, thank you for your answer. But I have more than 500 items each of unusual shapes and different dimension, meaning this way would take days to complete, not to mention the bigger error percentage during the operation. Is there an automated way to do it (especially since the part number reflects all the dimensions) instead of doing it manually?

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WillsonLeng
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@youssef-nabhan, got your point. Sorry about that, I'm afraid there is no such automated way to do it by now.

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