Dimensions in repeat regions

[TTCorona]

I am looking to setup a repeat region with the dimensions of each part listed in it


ie part 1 - width X thickness PL


problem being that some itens will not be a plate ie


300 X 10PL
400 X 16PL
50 X 50 X 5 ANGLE


i've tried using relations to do this but you don't seem to be able to have 2 dimensions in the same parameter


ie param = d1 'X' d2 'PL'





any ideas

 

[damiaptr]

using relations and parameters is the best way to do this, but you must define in every partparameters for each dim you want to be shown in that repeat region.


for example:


in part1:


width=d1


thickness=d2


in part2:


width=d5


thickness=d25


than in repeat region cell write


&asm.mbr.width x &asm.mbr.thickness

 

[TTCorona]

I have tried a similar setup before and that works,


The problem is that i want my repeat region to show other types of parts like i listed.


for example that will just list all the parts with a width andthickness parameters
i want to show other parts aswell
ie.


300x 10
400 x 16
600 x 6
50 X 50 X 5 angle
Edited by: TTCorona

 

[amos_vasanth]

hi


make a parameter "xxx", call it on repeat region


suppose u want size in BOM, make a parameter size, enter the values and call the parameter in BOM



Edited by: amos_vasanth

 

[caldwell]

I am not sure of the exact syntax for doing this but it is a good starting point.

In each of your parts create a parameter called TYPE. Here you can define if it is a PL or an Angle or etc. Then in your repeat region you would need to write a relation so that if you have TYPE=PL you would output $asm.mbr.width x &asm.mbr.thickness. If TYPE = Angle then you would output...... and so on.

I helped a company set this type of thing up to report if a square tube had a angle cut on the end of it or not, and also report the cut length in the BOM. So they basically ended up with a cut sheet for their whole build of a structural frame.

If you do a search in the PTC knowledge base for repeat region releations you should be able to work something out from there.