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NX - Part Family - Error "The specified string contains a syntax error"

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Cyril S

Industrial
Oct 31, 2023
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Hello everyone,

I thought I could share this tip.

TLDR : Cell format doesn't correctly show up in the Part Family Excel Sheet, you need to check manually, especially if you copy/paste from a regular Excel.

When creating/updating parts in a Part Family, I got the error "The specified string contains a syntax error".
I tried multiple solutions (changing cell format, checking the 3D etc.)
The problem was the cell format, but changing it to "number" via the top menu didn't work.
I had to visually search for the cells with the little green triangle in the corner, and the convert to number via the pop-up menu (see picture, it's in French, but you'll get the point).
2024-02-08_16_28_46-Feuille_de_calcul_dans_Part_Family_-_A5E53523707A_-_Excel_fwvyge.png


I found that re-typing all the numbers by hand also fixes the problem.
 
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