Parameters & formats

[John.Pryal]

Hi all,

i am desperately searching for a way of passing information created in layout to a drawing format. Is it possible to create a parameter in layout mode, & have that same parameter appear in a drawing format. What i am trying to achieve is to have a central location for all parameters ie.a layout, & to just have to enter a value once, whether it be a number or a string, & to have all components & drawings (formats) see these parameters & update accordingly. I know about declaring layouts, but how do you declare a drawing format to a layout, can you even do that?

Thank you in advance

Regards

John

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[PatrickBrulot]

It is not possible to directly declare a layout to a drawing. You have to declare a model to the layout. By doing so, the layout parameters become global model parameters of that model. These global parameters can not directly be used in drawings. In a drawing you can only refer to local (model)parameters.

I allway create local parameters by adding relations to the model.

e.g.: model_parameter_drw = model_parameter

When I see the extension "_drw" in the reference on the format, I know it is driven by a layoutparameter.