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The Largest Independant Solid Edge Resource Outside UGS
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SeGuruCool The Largest Independant Solid Edge Resource Outside UGS |
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19 Jan 2005 Tushar Suradkar www.oocities.org/SeGuruCool  segurucool @ indiatimes.com |
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The Variable Table The variable table in Solid Edge can be looked upon as a document's window to the outside world. This holds good for both the document's contents and for external apps who would want to peep into the controlling parameters of a model or assembly. Begining V16, the variable table sports a new column called Expose. In this tutorial you learn how to expose variable and what could be the various uses of this facility. |  |
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Expose a Variable Create a simple Box by protruding a rectangle. Select Tools > Variables > Variables... The variable table will now contain at least 3 dimension variables. Observe the new column - Expose - with only check boxes in it. Click in the check boxes of all three variables and make sure that they are checked ON. By clicking in the check boxes, you have exposed the varables to the outer world. |  |
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File Properties Once the variables are exposed, they are listed in the Document's file properties. Click File > File Properties and take the Custom tab. You will find that the three exposed variables are listed as text type. |  |
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Callout in the Draft This way you can pull these figures into a draft file in a Callout  In the Callout dialog, click the Property Text  button. In the Select Propert Text dialog, click Named reference. You will find the exposed variables listed in the Properties list below. The callout text would appear something as below : %{Length1|Part3.par} x %{Width1|Part3.par} x %{Height1|Part3.par} This shows that the callout text will always update since it has reference to the part file. |  |
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Applications in Assembly Recently I was contacted by a AHU (Air Handling Unit) manufacturer who would create assemblies out of only boxes of various sizes which represent the containers of the various AHUs. The manufacturer created the assembly and wanted to reflect the quantity and sizes of the boxes to appear in the BOM. The former wos no problem nor was the later, now with Expose Variables. The manufacturer simply exposed the length width and height dimension variables for each of the box part files. The Part List command in the Draft environment also supports exposed variables. In the Parts List properties dialog, take the Columns tab. Scroll down the Available columns list and Add the exposed variables to the Parts List column. See figure. |  |
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Tushar Suradkar segurucool @ indiatimes.com |
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