AUTOMATIC PART DESCRIPTION TRANSFER TO DRAWING FILE NAME

How can I get the description that I type when I file a part solid
model (this also appears in the part custom properties table under
Description) to appear in the drawing model description field (right
under the part number field) when I file the drawing model for the
first time?

This value is already available; it is currently used to automatically
fill in the title block, so I know it can be transferred from solid to
drawing.

Part numbers automatically transfer from the part solid model to the
drawing model when I create the part drawing, so I know that
information from the part solid model can be used to fill in the box
when saving a drawing away.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mark

 

I suspect it would require a macro to do this - you'd have to make a "create
drawing" macro that reads the custom property from the part file, creates a
drawing and copies the value of the part description to the drawing file
custom property.

I understand your point that SWX does this automatically for the file name,
but I suppose they've assumed that this is "standard practice" to have
matching part & drawing file names. Maybe they feel there are too many
possibilities with custom properties to hard-code this in.

Regards,
John H