Customer drawings with instances

[Kolibri]

Hi,


I'm new on this forum and since a year i'm working with Pro/e 5.0 and Creo 1.0.
At the moment I'm building some drawings for my colleagues in order to make there work a little bit easier.


I want to make a standard template/drawing with all the needed dimensions (about 50) for a specific customer. When I have this basic drawing, I use the replace button to choose an other instance (read an other customer).
This worksfine, butin my templateI have also 10 parametric notes. When you open a drawing with this template, they have to be filled in.These are customer specific notes, so the engineer can't forget to fill in this notes.


But off course when I open the drawing these fields don't show up. Has someone any idea's to solve this problem?


Thanks you.

 

[dr_gallup]

Just copy the existing drawing & then change the model.

To get Pro/E to enter parametric model data into a new drawing the parametric text has to be in a drawing format table. It won't fill in random notes. You can add the notes AFTER drawing creation and it will fill them in.

 

[Kolibri]

Off course, my drawing is already designed as you described.

I made like 10 parameters as &drawn_by, but then &text_1, $text_2 etc.
But when you copy the drawing and open it, these parameters won't pop up in your screen as they should do with a new drawing.
But when I start a new drawing, I have to fill in all the dimensions...

I can imagine there is a faster and more efficient solution.

 

[jsantangelo]

I made like 10 parameters as &drawn_by, but then &text_1, $text_2 etc.

If you already ahve the parameters then re-apply the drawing foramt. That will replce the existing one but all the parameters and where they are used in the drawing will be updated.

 

[Kolibri]

Ok, thanks. But you don't think there is more easier way? Because my collegues are not so familiar with Pro/e as I am.


Otherwise I will try to learn them this way.

 

[dr_gallup]

Are these parameters part parameters or drawing parameters? We use part parameters to fill in the format blocks. If any of the parameters vary between instances you need to add the parameters to the family table. Then when you change the model in the drawing the parameters automaticallyupdate. There is no need to reapply the format.

 

[dross]

He wants it to prompt for the info, it won't do that if there is already info in the parameter.

 

[jsantangelo]

He wants it to prompt for the info, it won't do that if there is already info in the parameter.

Why create more work and possibility of incorrect info if the paramerter and it's value already exist? Have all the info be pulled from one place not multiple locations. Plus then you have more places to update the info rather than one.

It's about working smarter, not harder. The tools are there so why not use them?

 

[dross]

Because he is trying to create a new instance which would have different info in the parameters...read his post.

 

[Kolibri]

Exactly, thats what I mean.
By example I want to put information as the colour number for the
specific customer or the chassisnumber of the chassis they need,
from the supplier. So the man in the factory don't take supplies from
other customers. If you have other suggestions, how this can work,
I'm all ears....
For my colleagues in the office this is also a reminder, so they don't
forget to fill in this important notes.