can you better control sheet number attributes

[aluminum2]

I work with files that usually have a set of 3-8 sheets, a cover sheet and a sheet with notes. I am aware of the following attributes and how they work. <W@$SH_SHEET_NUMBER> <W@$SH_NUMBER_OF_SHEETS> I would like to only use these on the set of sheets usually about 3-8 sheets total, but still have the sheets in the same file. Is it possible to have the 3-8 sheet set sequentially write sheet 1,2...8 of 8 while having the other 2 sheets in there. Also I might have to add or subtract sheets to this set and would prefer everything to update.

 

[jerry1423]

So basically you want to have sheets in there for a reference only, and not counted as part of the sheet list total - correct?

 

[aluminum2]

yeah pretty much, but the other sheets have important info and need to be in the file as well.

 

[JohnRBaker]

There's no real practical way to do that, even with NX 8.0 where we now provide an option to edit the actual Sheet NUMBER, and not just the Sheet Name, as you could with older versions of NX.

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[Toost]

Am i stupid or don't i understand the question, ?
You only want the sheet numbers on sheet 3-x and not on 1 nor 2. ?
- then don't use the sheet numbers on sheet 1-2 ?

- If you create a drawing template where this is set as above , -it's done ?
Regards, Tomas

 

[JHTH]

Off the top of my head (without having tested it and all the usual disclaimers), if you want sheet 3 to show 'sheet 1 of 6' and sheet 4 to show 'sheet 2 of 6', how about setting an expression to MY_SHEET_NUMBER = <W@$SH_SHEET_NUMBER>-2 and MY_TOTAL_SHEETS = <W@$SH_NUMBER_OF_SHEETS>-2 and put these expression names into the 'Sheet X of Y' notes?

HTH,

Jon

JHTH
NX 7.5.5 + TC 8.3.2.2

 

[aluminum2]

I was thinking about using expressions and it would give me what I want, but I don't think you can use attributes in expressions. If you can, then you can't just type in <W@$SH_NUMBER_OF_SHEETS>-2 as a string, because I tried that.