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Inventor 2019: Assign Name, Attribut Set Values

Patrick1323
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Inventor 2019: Assign Name, Attribut Set Values

Patrick1323
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Hello,

we work currently on Inventor 2018 and will switch to 2020 in one year (can't switch now to Inventor 2019). I'm working on standard parts and want to add the ability to use the "Assign Name" feature in later versions.

"Assign Name" simply adds an attribute set to the surface body, I want to do that in Inventor 2018 with a script.

This attribute set contains two attributes. What I want to know is, how the value of the second attribute is used "EAIAABAAAAB1AAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA"

 

I named a bunch of elements and wrote down the values, there are basically three different values. The last one is basically the first and the second.

1: EAIAABAAAAB1AAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA

2: EAIAABAAAADqAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA

3: EAIAABAAAAB1AAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA EAIAABAAAADqAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA

 

When do I need to set the first, second or third one? Are there other values?

 

Regards,

Patrick

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AlexFielder
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Hi @Patrick1323,

This is a subject close to my heart so here's my advice:

 

Take a look at the excellent "Attribute Helper" written by @BrianEkins:

 

https://ekinssolutions.com/attribute_helper/

 

It's been a big help with my own attribute travels.

The source is available on github too so you can see how it does what it does:

 

https://github.com/AlexFielder/AttributeHelper

 

If you need any more help once you have this tool, please let me know.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

 

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Patrick1323
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Hello Alex,

thank you for mentioning the AttributeHelper, I've used it a while ago on other things :slightly_smiling_face:

It hasn't answered my question, but it showed me where the order was stored:

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AlexFielder
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If I recall correctly the "EEEEEEEIIIIIIIAARRGGGH" strings are guids relating to those specific faces.

I'm pretty sure if you were to delete and recreate the hole feature in that part, the "EEEEEEEIIIIIIIAARRGGGH" string will change.

 

I've not seen them chained together like that before, but I guess it makes sense since the hole is based on that face.

 

What the (to give it it's proper name) iLogicEntityNameFeatureName string would like in a more complex part would be interesting to see - I guess it's how the "Relationships" tool works, by appending the new feature string to those which are pre-existing?