Drawing table values linked to values in design table?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Bullman, Sep 1, 2006.

  1. Bullman

    Bullman Guest

    Hello

    Is there a way to have values in a generic table in a drawing driven by
    values in a design table of a part/configuration?

    I have created a generic drawing and dimension table for each
    configuration of an assembly with general dimensions A, B, C, D etc.
    All the dimesnions are already in teh assembly design table. I
    currently have to manually fill in the table on the drawing. It would
    be better if I could directly have them linked to the values in the
    design table.

    Thaks in advance

    Bull
     
    Bullman, Sep 1, 2006
    #1
  2. Bullman

    TOP Guest

    We insert the Design Table into the drawing and format it using hide
    columns and rows and the other format tools in Excel. There are rules
    in help on which row to use for column headings.
     
    TOP, Sep 2, 2006
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  3. Bullman

    TJ Guest

    If the dimension shows in the drawing, you can add it to your generic
    SW table.

    Double-click the cell in the table to begin editing it. Then, click
    once on the dimension you'd like to appear in the cell. YOU MUST THEN
    add some sort of extra text. If you click to exit the cell without
    adding anything else, the dimension value disappears.

    You might add a unit suffix, or if you were doing the overall
    dimensions for a sheet metal flat pattern, add an "x" between the two
    dimensions.
     
    TJ, Sep 2, 2006
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  4. Bullman

    TOP Guest

    That is possible too. But he wanted information from a Design Table to
    show up in a generic table. I point out that you don't need the
    generic table, just insert and format the Design Table.
     
    TOP, Sep 3, 2006
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