Can't View Component Attribute from Assembly Navigator

[Kenevil]

I'm trying to view component's density and/or volume in the assembly navigator. I have a column "MassPropDensity" that shows the value when of the component when it's the displayed part but when I make the assembly the displayed part, the column is empty.

I'm using NX8. In the past, I used to view the component properties / tab attributes, from the assembly, to see what can be displayed in a column. I can view two attributes (MASS_PROP_VOLUME and MassPropVolumn) when I set the "Object Selection" drop-down to "Apply to component as part attribute". Creating columns using these as attributes doesn't display anything.

I thought maybe I could create an expression, in the parts, that equals the attribute using something like "ug_askPartAttrValue" and then creating an attribute linked to that expression but I can't get that to work either.

 

[JohnRBaker]

The issue is that the 'Mass Property' attributes in the Part file are NOT inherited by the Component in the Assembly. However, you could create a String Part Attribute in the Part file using the 'Reference Text' option and linking this user-defined Attribute to whatever 'Mass Property' attribute that you wish. These user-defined String attributes WILL BE inherited by the Components in the Assembly thus will be listed in the Assembly Navigator column which were assigned to that Attribute name.

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