NX11 - Create assembly labels for components 2

[Kenja824]

We have a program from one customer that will label all of the components on an iso view.

We click the button, select a component, select the location we want the note to be placed, then attach the leader to the component. That note will automatically read the TOOL_ID attribute of the selected component, copy it and paste it into the note. This will only be a note and not associated to the attribute.

I know how to attach a note to a component's attribute, but it will always keep it associated.

The problem is we cannot use this button for other customers. So I need to find a way to do the same thing. Currently all of the employees have to attach notes and manually type the TOOL_ID into the note for each component.

It would be awesome if we can just select a component inside the view window, attach the note to the edge of the component in the view and place a note and that note will only be a note but will have the TOOL_ID attribute in the note. (Not associated).

IS there a way to do this

 

[cowski]

DraftingNote is better then IdSymbol.

That depends on the situation.

But for DraftingNoteBuilder I can't find corresponding command.

Drafting note objects don't have a balloon property associated with them. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

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[MANox]

Hey cowski,

Drafting note objects don't have a balloon property associated with them. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Standard I use Autobaloon. In part list settings I have Symbol as Circle.
When I use this journal Drafting Note is as Underline.
I can't find place to change this settings.

Best regards
MANok
NX 12 & TC10

 

[cowski]

MANox,
The code above isn't meant to be used in conjunction with a parts list. It creates labels (note objects with a leader attached), it does not create ID balloons (circle, triangle up, square, etc).

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[cowski]

Kenja824,
I had time to revisit this today. Try this code (same link as before).

The code could use some polishing, but I think the main functionality is there.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[Kenja824]

Awesome

Thanks once again cowski

 

[Kenja824]

Cowski

In your last reply to this thread, you gave me code to create labels. Early in the thread, you asked this question...

What drawing view representation option do you use? Exact, Exact (pre-NX 8.5), lightweight, other?

The NX setup we used was Exact. However, I was about to try and manipulate this code to grab two different attributes "SPOT_ID" and "ZONE_STA_ROBOT", and realized for GM work, we use "Pre-NX 8.5" as our setting.

Can I ask what I would need to change to get it to work with this? Currently it wont let me select any edges. I tried to change the view setting to check the box for "extracted edges" and it lets me select it then, but then it errors out.

 

[cowski]

In the new "exact" views, all the geometry in the view is "drafting curves"; the API added a function that lets you easily see what component the drafting curve geometry is associated to. The old "pre NX 8.5" views consist of edges, silhouette curves, and section curves; the edges are easy to trace back to the component, but the other types are more difficult. The journal here works with pre NX 8.5 views (see GetComponentOfBalloon and its supporting subroutines).

The good news: it is possible
The bad news: it isn't a trivial change

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[Kenja824]

Thanks cowski

I just saw this. For some reason I never saw an email come through when you replied. Been happening to me on and off lately.

Sounds like its a good thing edges will do the job.... I hope.

Definitely gonna be a trial by error trying to make this work I think. lol

 

[Kenja824]

Looks like I got lucky. Turns out they arent doing exactly as I thought and they can just switch their drafting setting to "Exact" before adding the views. Then the code I already have works and only needed a little tweaking to pull the correct attributes. Which is a real good thing because changing it over was definitely out of my level of ability. lol

 

[Kenja824]

Crap! Turns out they are doing what I originally thought. They use the GM Toolkit that has a label button to add certain notes. That program needs the views to be "Exact Pre-NX 8.5". Which means the original code I had wont work.

Back to the drawing board.