We are creating a plan view in a drawing where we wish toshow asplit balloon of a component with the upper being the ItemNumberand the lower being the orientation.
We would like to pass a property representing the orientationofthe component from the Top-Level assembly down to thecomponent.
One solution was to create a single line sketch in theTop-Levelassembly and another in the component. We added adimension in bothsketches then created an equation that made thecomponent sketchdimension equal the Top-Level assembly sketchdimension.
This worked but the problem arose when we tried to displaythe infoin the balloon. If we made a property in the componentequal to thecomponent dimension, the property would evaluatecorrectly, but theballoon would report it as a length, i.e.: theproperty wouldevaluate it as 225 but the balloon would report18'-9".
If we put the property in the Design Table, the balloonwouldreport the correct value, i.e. 225. However, every timetheorientation changed, we have to go into the Design Table ofthecomponent so that SW could evaluate the property correctly.
Both solutions don't seem very useful to us. Can anyone thinkof amore simpler solution?SolidworksDrawings And Detailing
We would like to pass a property representing the orientationofthe component from the Top-Level assembly down to thecomponent.
One solution was to create a single line sketch in theTop-Levelassembly and another in the component. We added adimension in bothsketches then created an equation that made thecomponent sketchdimension equal the Top-Level assembly sketchdimension.
This worked but the problem arose when we tried to displaythe infoin the balloon. If we made a property in the componentequal to thecomponent dimension, the property would evaluatecorrectly, but theballoon would report it as a length, i.e.: theproperty wouldevaluate it as 225 but the balloon would report18'-9".
If we put the property in the Design Table, the balloonwouldreport the correct value, i.e. 225. However, every timetheorientation changed, we have to go into the Design Table ofthecomponent so that SW could evaluate the property correctly.
Both solutions don't seem very useful to us. Can anyone thinkof amore simpler solution?SolidworksDrawings And Detailing
