tzallas
Mechanical
- Oct 17, 2018
- 5
NX2212 Unamanged (No TC)
I am in the process of rebuilding our aged old reuse library and trying to make it more efficient, minimise user involvement, error introduction, and make it somewhat "smart" and intutitive for the user
We have a few standard metal parts , UPN's, sheets, rods etc that come at certain standardised dimesntions but are cut to length/width as needed
As is, the dimension of an extrusion for, say, a UPN's length can by basically infinite; you could model a single UPN profile at 100's of metres long
However, this does not reflect the relaity of actual max lengths provided by vendors on these standardised parts
I would like to introduce max limits on, say, the length of the extrusion feature
Max limit value = max length provided by vendors
so the user cannot input/drag the length of a the feautre past the real available max length
This way the users cannot spec, say, a steel sheet, the continous size of a football pitch and they will be forced to combine/weld multiple items together or reconsider their design intent, thus making production, BOM lists, costs and design considerations more accurate/realistic
every line item in the spreadsheets of the KRX file can potantially, have a diffrent max length available for that item in the market
eg:
Max length UPN 40 = 5 metres
Max length for UPN 200 = 12 metres
I understand that thisis somewhat possible with an if then else conditional formula but that does not account for varying max/min limits based on instance of reuse library items
Wondering if maybe there is a neater and simpler way
I have attached a simple and a more involved example of some or our reuse library items for reference
Is there a way to accomplish this? ideally without linking to external references/DB's or involving macro's journals?
Thank you
I am in the process of rebuilding our aged old reuse library and trying to make it more efficient, minimise user involvement, error introduction, and make it somewhat "smart" and intutitive for the user
We have a few standard metal parts , UPN's, sheets, rods etc that come at certain standardised dimesntions but are cut to length/width as needed
As is, the dimension of an extrusion for, say, a UPN's length can by basically infinite; you could model a single UPN profile at 100's of metres long
However, this does not reflect the relaity of actual max lengths provided by vendors on these standardised parts
I would like to introduce max limits on, say, the length of the extrusion feature
Max limit value = max length provided by vendors
so the user cannot input/drag the length of a the feautre past the real available max length
This way the users cannot spec, say, a steel sheet, the continous size of a football pitch and they will be forced to combine/weld multiple items together or reconsider their design intent, thus making production, BOM lists, costs and design considerations more accurate/realistic
every line item in the spreadsheets of the KRX file can potantially, have a diffrent max length available for that item in the market
eg:
Max length UPN 40 = 5 metres
Max length for UPN 200 = 12 metres
I understand that thisis somewhat possible with an if then else conditional formula but that does not account for varying max/min limits based on instance of reuse library items
Wondering if maybe there is a neater and simpler way
I have attached a simple and a more involved example of some or our reuse library items for reference
Is there a way to accomplish this? ideally without linking to external references/DB's or involving macro's journals?
Thank you
