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ChiselnMallet11-Visitor
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October 24, 2019
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Material ID

  • October 24, 2019
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Hello,

 

I am having trouble finding the material ID for use in a note.  I have created a new parameter in my material called "SPEC" that I'd like to use in my note.  But I cannot find where to get the MTRL_ID

 

Thanks for any assistance.

Best answer by Roy_Crerar

Hi, Here is the way I do it.

If your user defined parameter in material is called SPEC then to reuse that as a note the I pull the material parameter into a model parameter. It might work by just doing &material_param("SPEC") but I would create the relation to make SPECIFICATION=material_param("SPEC") then the note is &SPECIFICATION. As it happens I also have IF else statements to show the note as unassigned if the material has not been assigned to the part.

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kdirth
kdirth21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
October 24, 2019

Is your material ID in the parameter list?  If it is copy the exact name of the parameter.  In your annotation type "&" then the parameter name. (e.g. &MTRL_ID).

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Roy_Crerar1-VisitorAnswer
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October 29, 2019

Hi, Here is the way I do it.

If your user defined parameter in material is called SPEC then to reuse that as a note the I pull the material parameter into a model parameter. It might work by just doing &material_param("SPEC") but I would create the relation to make SPECIFICATION=material_param("SPEC") then the note is &SPECIFICATION. As it happens I also have IF else statements to show the note as unassigned if the material has not been assigned to the part.

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    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    October 29, 2019

    Segment from one of my material files:

    {
    Name = PDM_NAME
    Type = String
    Default = 'A36 STEEL'
    Access = Full
    },
    {
    Name = DESCRIPTION1_U
    Type = String
    Default = 'UNS K02599, STEEL'
    Access = Full
    },
    {
    Name = DESCRIPTION2_U
    Type = String
    Default = 'A36 STEEL'
    Access = Full
    },
    {
    Name = DESCRIPTION3_U
    Type = String
    Default = 'A36 ST'
    Access = Full
    },

     

    Segment from my Relations:

    /*** SET MATERIAL PROPERTIES ***
    IF PTC_MATERIAL_NAME=="UNASSIGNED"
    MATERIAL="UNASSIGNED"
    MATERIAL_DESC1="NO MATERIAL ASSIGNED"
    MATERIAL_DESC2=""
    MATERIAL_DESC3=""
    ELSE
    MATERIAL=material_param("PDM_NAME")
    MATERIAL_DESC1=material_param("DESCRIPTION1_U")
    MATERIAL_DESC2=material_param("DESCRIPTION2_U")
    MATERIAL_DESC3=material_param("DESCRIPTION3_U")
    ENDIF

     

    Once a material is set, the relations pull the parameter information in.

     

    In the model file, we have a saved annotation (material_std_note):

    &MATERIAL_DESC1
    &MATERIAL_DESC2
    &MATERIAL_DESC3

     

    This gets pulled into the drawing.

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    ChiselnMallet11-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    October 29, 2019

    Why are there 3 different material descriptions?

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