notes in drawings 2

[pascual]

does anyone know how to:

1/I want to put some notes in the draw including some external measures and I'd like to anotate the units like
mm^3 in a better way, ussing superindex and/or subscript but I don't know how to do it.

2/another thing is to include a part parameter in a note. I've tried including something like &vol as it's specified in the help but it don't works. I have a relation vol=mp_volume("&quot and the parameter has the correct value but it don't shows in draw.

 

[Hayden]

1. If you are using windows, you can use the symbol characters contained in the fonts loaded on your PC. If you want to see what these are do the following:

Open MS Word
Go to Insert - symbol
Select normal text for your font
select the character you want (in this case ^3)
Displayed in the lower right will be alt+0179 type this in as part of your string of text.

This will work with any Windows app. Even this one see: ³

2. &vol should work. You often need to regenerate a couple of times. Also try editing the text in the note, sometimes just opening the note to edit and closing it updates the note.

 

[pascual]

finally, I've found another way of having superindex:
@+ means superindex
@- means subscript
@# means normal

and I also have the second trouble. Perhaps I didn't explained myself. I have the parameter in the part and the draw has some parts. What I don't know is how to refer the parameter in the part. And what I have is an output like "&vol", as it wouldn't interpret &vol as a parameter

 

[3dlogix]

Since you have a drawing with many models or even an assembly, you must specify the correct active model and then write the note ("&vol&quot. Also, if you have an assembly, specify the session ID for the particular part that you need to call out the parameter ("&vol:6", as as example)

Find the seesion ID under Assembly/Relations/Session ID and pick the part on the screen. The session ID will apear in the message area.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com

 

[test]

Dear Hayden, i tryd the alt+0179, bit it didn't worked; the note shows exactly the alt+0179. Do i have to add & or brackets?

 

[Hayden]

Hi Test,

This works with windows NT4, I'm not sure what OS you are using. Also by alt+0176 I actually mean, hold down the alt key and type 0176 this will give °
or ± 0177
² 0178
³ 0179
´ 0180
µ 0181 this one is useful
There is a multitude of these, just look in word as described above.

 

[pascual]

I use w2k and the alt+key are ok. I think it is useful to write symbols. But It's better to write "16,8 (note 8)" (where note 8 is subscript) to do:
{1:16,8 @-(note8)@#}

thanks for the hit