Is it possible to create a parametric for model automatically?

[bduncan]

Hi!

I have thousands parts in a assembly,and I need to create drawing of the appropriate part.I have no ability to finish the works in one day.So I need a function that when I create a drawing,the appropriate part will be added a parametric record (called "drw" or other)and I will use search tool to find which part has no the parametric.so that I will know how many parts will be left over. If it possible,Please see the below pictureThanks!

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[Jose_Costa]

If you want the value of the parameter to be updated "manually", just create a parameter of the type "Yes No" with default value "No".

Now create a mapkey to change this value to "YES", Save the mapkey.

I think you have a mapkey for creating a drawing with the same name of active model, just include the new mapkey in the beginning, using nesting technique for example.

This way each time you create a new drawing, the value or the parameter is updated.

Now, if you want Creo to check dynamically if a drawing exists for that model, I think you will need Toolkit or Jlink.

Cheers

Jose

[bduncan]

Thanks for your reply quicky."I think you have a mapkey for creating a drawing with the same name of active model,"Yes,l have used the mapkey that you provide called "new_drw.exe"http://communities.ptc.com/message/228370#228370 Now it seems I had to create the parameter manually.Thanks!