Link Part Name

[nmiltner]

I am sure this is an easy one, but I am stumped. I am looking for a way to tie the part name to our title block. Kind of like linking to attributes using <W@attribute>, but where attribute is I would like it to link to the Leaf name. Any help would be appreciated.
We are using NX3, with no Teamcenter.

Thanks

 

[nmiltner]

Ok, I did some searching and was able to make this work using journaling.
I tried running the .vb file with a macro, so I could incorporate it into a toolbar, and it doesn't work. Is there a way to add the .vb to a toolbar button?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Using Customize, when you add a 'User Command' to a toolbar, under 'Edit Action', you can link to any of the following 'executables':

Journal Files (.vb)
User Function (.dll)
System Command
User Tools (.utd)
Macros (.macro)
GRIP (.gx)
KF Application (.dfa)


John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

 

[nmiltner]

I got this figured out as well. I just edited a toolbat to link to the .vb instead of the .macro.

 

[nmiltner]

thanks for your help, John.

 

[nmiltner]

On this same note,
I have also found a .vb script on this site to make each part of an assembly the work part, and then it writes info about that part to a text window. See link below

http://eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=187186

also quoted below.
Can anyone provide me with a line of code to add to this in order to add an attribute to each part that is the aprt name, and where I would add it? I have come up with adding:

"part.SetAttribute("FILENAME",prototype.Leaf)" right below the "do stuff here" line in the code below, but that doesn't seem to exactly work. I know this is wordy, but any help would be greatly appreciated once again! Thanks

Option Strict Off
Imports System
Imports NXOpen
Imports NXOpen.Assemblies
Module NXJournal

Dim Session As Session = Session.GetSession()



Sub Walk(c As Component, level As Integer)
Dim children As Component() = c.GetChildren()
Dim child As Component
Dim prototype As Part
If TypeOf c.Prototype Is Part Then
prototype = CType(c.Prototype, Part)
session.ListingWindow.WriteLine(New String(" "C, level) & prototype.FullPath & " " & prototype.Leaf & " " & c.Name)
msgbox("do stuff here") ' add lines to write to a file or an array

For Each child In children
Walk(child, level + 1)
Next


Else
session.ListingWindow.WriteLine(New String(" "C, level) & c.Name & " is not loaded")
End If
end sub

Sub Main
session.ListingWindow.Open
Dim part1 As Part

part1 = session.Parts.Work
Dim c As ComponentAssembly = part1.ComponentAssembly


Walk(c.RootComponent, 0)
End Sub





End Module

 

[MSPBenson]

Have you tried just adding,

"prototype.SetAttribute("FILENAME",prototype.Leaf)"

Below the do stuff section??



Mark Benson
Aerodynamic Model Designer

 

[nmiltner]

Thanks Mark,
That seemed to do it.

 

[nmiltner]

I would also like to add the username of the person creating the drawing to the attributes. Does anyone know how this is referenced?

 

[JohnRBaker]

That will probably require some type of program. I know that it can be done with GRIP, and I assume that most of the other programming options should also provide support for this.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

 

[nmiltner]

Do you know what the variable is though? For instance session.parts.work.leaf is the leaf name. Session.parts.work.(username) is what?

 

[JohnRBaker]

In GRIP we use a GPA symbol, in this case:

&USERID


John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/