2004 rev tables

Is anyone automating the new rev tables on drawings? This table is
probably of no use to PDM users because they must already have some rev
table populating. As the new rev table cannot be connected to custom
props then it would need custom API manipulation.
How many of you have automated the use of new rev tables? Or is it
mainly used as freely write-in table?

 

It is connected to custom property. add a rev to the table & then go to FILE --> Properties on the drawing. You will see a customer property that got created called "revision" & the value will equal the revision in the table. Thus you can add the current rev into the title block also. Or am I missing something here?

Steve
Is anyone automating the new rev tables on drawings? This table is
probably of no use to PDM users because they must already have some rev
table populating. As the new rev table cannot be connected to custom
props then it would need custom API manipulation.
How many of you have automated the use of new rev tables? Or is it
mainly used as freely write-in table?

 

the value will equal the revision in the

Or am I missing something here?

The fact that many people prefer that the revision be part of the
model's Custom Properties and not the drawing perhaps?

Jim S.

 

They are NOT connected as a "link" however. Example: Add a Revision a few
times up to 3 (or C if you use letters). Go to you custom properties and
manually change the property to 4 (or D). The table does not change. I
can't figure out whether I think that it should or should not effect
anything in the table in this example. But I am just using this as an
example to show that they are not linked.

Speaking of linking data in the Revision table, there is a bug that I have
just not had time to report. Supposedly you CAN link the cells in the Rev.
Table to your custom properties. There is a button for this when editing
the text in a cell. However it doesn't link. Instead it will display the
linking string (ex: $PRP:"Description").

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It is connected to custom property. add a rev to the table & then go to
FILE --> Properties on the drawing. You will see a customer property that
got created called "revision" & the value will equal the revision in the
table. Thus you can add the current rev into the title block also. Or am I
missing something here?

Steve
Is anyone automating the new rev tables on drawings? This table is
probably of no use to PDM users because they must already have some rev
table populating. As the new rev table cannot be connected to custom
props then it would need custom API manipulation.
How many of you have automated the use of new rev tables? Or is it
mainly used as freely write-in table?

 

It's funny that this comes up now. I just reported this as a bug, because
PDMWorks uses the same custom property for the revision. If you use
Revision Tables, a note linked to the custom property "Revision" and
PDMWorks, you will get the rev table overwriting the PDMWorks property and
vice versa. Usually you would want this to be the same, but the Revision
Table only allows a limited revision scheme, where PDMWorks revision
schemes can be more elaborate.

You're right that the property cannot drive the table. Because the rev
table keeps the old revisions, I think it would be tricky to set it up any
differently.

matt

 

Yes, but this is only current rev number.
But how about all else, text, date, approver...