Drawing format note

[Demon440]

Hello all,

What we want to do is have a note show up in our drawings (that already exist) that will reflect the windchill life state of that drawing.
So what I thought would work is to put a note in the drawing format that would say "&PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE". The problem is that it works and only reflects the life state of the drawing format and not the drawing that is using the format. Is there a way to fix this?

I don't understand how "&dwg_name" work. If I put that note into my drawing format it somehow knows to use the name for the correct drawing. Also I don't know where that parameter even is.

In addition any other watermark or note ideas that would make this would would me great! Thank you

 

[fighterpilot]

Demon,

We used &MODEL_NAME in our drawing formats to show the name of the model, not the name of the drawing. However, our drawing file names were always the same name as the model name. i.e. part1.drw ---> part1.prt. Worked the same for assemblies and their drawings.

&drw_name, like &model_name are just internal parameters Pro/E has available. There are others you can use as well.

&current_sheet Current sheet number
&total_sheets Total number of sheets in the drawing
&dwg_name name of the drawing (.drw)
&model_name name of the model used for the drawing (.prt or .asm)
&type model type (for example, part, assembly, etc.)
&scale scale of the drawing (not view scale)
&todays_date date on which the note was created
&PRO_MP_MASS Model mass
&PRO_MP_VOLUME Model Volume

Regarding your Windchill parameter, try it without the .

Here are a bunch of other system parameters.

http://www.kxcad.net/proe/detail/system_parameters_for_drawings.htm

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Fighter Pilot
Manufacturing Engineer