IFX Family Table always sets first instance

[CHENAMA]

Hi Community,

We set-up a family table of our screws and wanted to add this now to IFX.

For local tests, I saved the generic to ...\Common Files\ifx\parts\ifx_fastener_archive\nb__312350pxxxx.prt

The .dat file looks like this:

!--------------------------------------------------------
! Sechskantschraube
! Hexagon head screw
!--------------------------------------------------------

SCREWTYPE 20
UNIT MM
SURFACE 763
AXIS 745
CBSCR DIN974-2 R1
INFO SCR-HEX-ISO4017-A2-70

!Enter the name of the Family Table Part
!---------------------------------------
FAMPRT nb__312350pxxxx

SYMBOL STRING DN LG B S K DG P
INSTANCE STRING DN LG B S K DG P
#FAMTAB M<DN> d58 d57 d57 d20 d19 d70 pitch

When I now want to add a screw I have a weird behavior:

1. When the generic is not opened in Creo, I don't see any thread size in the drop down, but lengths.

2. When the generic is opened, I see the correct Thread sizes and lengths in the pop-up window. But independent what I select in this pop-up, it always uses the first instance of the FT. Am I missing something here? Any hint is very welcomed.

We are using Creo 11.0.4.0

BR

CHENAMA

[OliverGräbner]

Hi CHENAMA,

your *.dat file looks good so far.

Can you please provide the *.dat together with your nb__312350pxxxx.prt file.

Then I will review it.

You can send it directly to oli@buw-soft.de.

Note: You have to set a search_path to '..\Common Files\ifx\parts\ifx_fastener_archive' in order to retrieve the family table model.

Normaly a message should be written to the message log.

[CHENAMA]

Hi Oliver,

By adding the search_path, the first issue resolved. Waiting for your feedback on our files.

Thank you!

[CHENAMA]

Hi Oliver,

Thank you very much for the super fast support!

The solution was to not use the dimension "names" but the attributes.

SYMBOL STRING DN LG B S K DG P
INSTANCE STRING DN LG B S K DG P
#FAMTAB M<DN> DIM_D DIM_L DIM_L DIM_S DIM_K DIM_CORE_DIA DIM_THREAD_PITCH

I understood that this is not supported, but only dimension names are not (yet) supported, parameters are ok.

[OliverGräbner · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

you can use the dimension symbol like 'd21'.

But it was not possible to use the renamed dimension.

But this is fixed in future IFX versions.

In your case, I think the 'PITCH' parameter could not be found, as this belongs to the cosmetic thread feature 866.

This causes an error and the first instance was loaded.