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MC_107254078-Gravel
8-Gravel
October 16, 2023
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Can I make a parameter a symbol?

  • October 16, 2023
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I'm using creo7 parametric and I'm trying to make the material in the title block be a drawing flag symbol using &sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL). Normally when I type this in a text box, it will give me the symbol dialog to select the options I want such as what number I want in the flag and the size of the flag. When I put &sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL) in the &MATERIAL parameter, it just shows it as text instead of the flag. I don't want to get rid of the &MATERIAL parameter, I want to have it equal to &sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL). Thank you!

 

 

 

Best answer by KenFarley

I think the problem is that parameters are YES/NO, integer, real, or text. When you put make a parameter that contains the text you would type in to create the symbol in a note, it is stored as text. When that parameter is referenced in a note, it is only interpreted as a text string. The note does not "process" the text to create a symbol for you, it just sees it as a string of characters. The same as if you set a parameter to the string "2+2", when you referenced it in a note you wouldn't expect it to show as "4".

Too bad, really, because that would be pretty nice to be able to do that.

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tbraxton
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
October 16, 2023

When creating a symbol with variable text, you can add parameter as variable value for variable text. The syntax for using a parameter is to add the "&" in front of the parameter name i.e., &parameter_name .

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MC_107254078-GravelAuthor
8-Gravel
October 16, 2023

When I set &MATERIAL as &sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL), it displays the words "&sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL)" on the drawing sheet. What I want it to do is show a symbol like this:

MC_10725407_0-1697474115552.png

When I type "&sym(FLAG-MUTI-LEVEL)" in a drawing note normally, it works. When I put it in as a parameter, it does not.

tbraxton
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
October 16, 2023

Post a sample drawing including all of the symbols you are working with. We have no way of knowing the details of how the symbols you refer to were defined or are being used.

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