I've gone through the pain of creating an ejector pin model that has configurations for each and every pin by 3 of the main companies. I've then gone in and added smart component features to add cuts and clearances, and I've made a configuration publisher so that I can select the pins by diameter and length when I pull it in to my assembly. This all works and is nifty. The next step in this though would be to have a way where I can bring all the pins in like I do now, then cut the pins down to the right length and profile. I would then like to be able to create a drawing that has each of the pin sizes in the model dimensioned about it's diameter and length.

The only way that I've come up with to do this is to have a macro that actually imports the pin into the assembly, at which point it creates a new part file of the pin in the assembly directory. I could then go in and modify the individual parts. Then just create the drawing from the separate part documents. My question is has any body done something like this? Can anyone think of a better approach?