Shadowspawn
Aerospace
- Sep 23, 2004
- 259
Hey Guys,
This may get a bit complicated, but please bear with me... I've just been handed a task to develop some GRIP routines to: 1) determine and label zone locs of all section cuts and views [if a section or view comes from sht1 but the view is on sht4, and if a 'fake'section line is used for a view flip out...], 2) automatically create a partslist, balloon, and zone loc an assy dwg [the powers to be have decided the UG partslist generator doesn't fit the bill] and 3)zone loc all flags on all dwg sheets as they pertain to the notes on the dwg.
I know this stuff is highly dependent upon the individual requirements of a company (what works for you prolly won't meet our companies particular requirements)but I'd sure like some advice or suggestions as to what logic to pursue, what options are available for consideration, or anything else that could help me out (this is the best place I know of for help/suggestions).
A bit of background info to consider:
1) My company allows and uses 'fake' section lines to represent where a view is flipped from. It's totally unassociated with anything [it's actually put in with an old grip from someplace...we don't even have the source code]. All section lines are real.
2) We use flag notes that are either embedded in regular notes "ie: <%F02>" or user defined symbols. I need to account for both, but if I can justify a methodology or standards change than anything is possible.
Some more specific type of questions:
1) What's used to identify the source and/or origin of a section line or section view? ...what can I grab onto to determine where it comes from within grip?
2) How would I determine what sheet a note or symbol orginates on? In otherwords, what (in grip) can I use to determine what sheet it resides on?
3) As far as note related stuff goes, I'm thinking that I sorta limited to the typical 'string' type stuff (examining each char for a match, bubble sorts, etc), or is there a different approach I could or should use?
I don't consider myself a real gripper yet, although I have developed routines for adding/deleting decals on the drawings, replacing formats, adding dwg sheets (complete with formats and related text such as sheet numbers, patterns, attributes for dwg no, vis-n-view settings, etc), and minimal stds check at release (unshaded model, tfr-tri view, vis-n-view for dwg shts set to global, etc). What I lack in experience I try to make up for in determination and sheer sweat.
Any help or suggestions would be greately appreciated, even if it's just to tell me to bugger off.
)
Thanks much in advance...
SS
This may get a bit complicated, but please bear with me... I've just been handed a task to develop some GRIP routines to: 1) determine and label zone locs of all section cuts and views [if a section or view comes from sht1 but the view is on sht4, and if a 'fake'section line is used for a view flip out...], 2) automatically create a partslist, balloon, and zone loc an assy dwg [the powers to be have decided the UG partslist generator doesn't fit the bill] and 3)zone loc all flags on all dwg sheets as they pertain to the notes on the dwg.
I know this stuff is highly dependent upon the individual requirements of a company (what works for you prolly won't meet our companies particular requirements)but I'd sure like some advice or suggestions as to what logic to pursue, what options are available for consideration, or anything else that could help me out (this is the best place I know of for help/suggestions).
A bit of background info to consider:
1) My company allows and uses 'fake' section lines to represent where a view is flipped from. It's totally unassociated with anything [it's actually put in with an old grip from someplace...we don't even have the source code]. All section lines are real.
2) We use flag notes that are either embedded in regular notes "ie: <%F02>" or user defined symbols. I need to account for both, but if I can justify a methodology or standards change than anything is possible.
Some more specific type of questions:
1) What's used to identify the source and/or origin of a section line or section view? ...what can I grab onto to determine where it comes from within grip?
2) How would I determine what sheet a note or symbol orginates on? In otherwords, what (in grip) can I use to determine what sheet it resides on?
3) As far as note related stuff goes, I'm thinking that I sorta limited to the typical 'string' type stuff (examining each char for a match, bubble sorts, etc), or is there a different approach I could or should use?
I don't consider myself a real gripper yet, although I have developed routines for adding/deleting decals on the drawings, replacing formats, adding dwg sheets (complete with formats and related text such as sheet numbers, patterns, attributes for dwg no, vis-n-view settings, etc), and minimal stds check at release (unshaded model, tfr-tri view, vis-n-view for dwg shts set to global, etc). What I lack in experience I try to make up for in determination and sheer sweat.
Any help or suggestions would be greately appreciated, even if it's just to tell me to bugger off.
)Thanks much in advance...
SS