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String operations on parameters in notes

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aafuni

aafuni

Mechanical
Dec 29, 2009
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Is there any way to pull off the last few characters out of a parameter name for a note?

I name my solid models my part number. On the drawing the drawing number then becomes &MDL.GENERIC.NAME. I have a reference to the inspection drawing which is numbered IRXXXXX, where XXXXX are the last 5 digits in the drawing number.

Is there away that I can take just the last 5 characters out of my &MDL.GENERIC.NAME parameter and place them in a note?

Thanks
 
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It would also work if I were able to do a string operations with relations, if anyone knows how to do that.
 
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Never mind guys, I figured out my own problem using the relations method.

If anyone stumbles on this later here is what I did:
count=string_length(DRWNUM)
last=extract(DRWNUM,count-4,5)
IR="IR"+last
 
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