Hello,
I hope I am not asking a question that has been beat to death, or is already explained somewhere. I have googled to no avail for a bit now, so here goes:
What I am trying to do is to put the good old numbers and letters (Edge Grids) on my drawings. I have a template that does this, but the problem is, when i go to a second, third , (some packages have hit 50+) drawing page the numbers do not update. Along the bottom of page one is numbered 1 thru 8, sheet 2 should be numbered 9 thru 16, and each page such increase accordingly. I have tried to creat a custom property for the (8) numbers along the bottom edge as Grid 1, grid 2, .... etc and try to use the custom property to be \$PRP:"SW-Current Sheet(Current Sheet)" * 1 respectivly to make happen, but cannot seem to make that work. the customy property shows up in the link field list, but simply shows as 1 * 1 in the text box (for page 1 grid 1) Also I noted that during editing of the drawing template the equation writer is greyed for me. I am kind of at an impass here, and was hoping someone would know a clever way to resolve this.
If you do not update the edge grid, EVERY page has a the same grid, so telling a shop person to go look at detail B-5 , that designation appears on every page, so it would have to be communicated to look for B-5 on page 4, where as if it is done properly, I would simply convey to check Detail B-29, and then a quick scan, (or someone who can multiply by 8) whould instanly know what page and what drawing view to go to.
Thanks in advance, and I do apologize if this is one of those blindingly obvious answers that i have looked over a dozen times now.
Rob
SolidworksDrawings And Detailing