How to get datum evaluate into note? /2001

Hi,

I have an assembly with a series of levers which are controlled by a
single angle and I need to see the result clearly.
Insert/Datum/Evaluate
feature name: plunger
enter measurement name: travel
and pick two surfaces to measure distance apart.
To get to this info I look into info/feature.

How to I get this 'parameter' into a 3D note to see the result
immediately after changing the driving angle?

Thanks

 

Insert/Datum/Evaluate

Reference the measurment as:
travel:fid_plunger

(Not sure if you can do this directly in the note or if you need to create
a parameter that reads the value.... etc.)

 

this does not appear to be a parameter otherwise it would appear in a
note by referencing it as &travel:fid_plunger

not sure about this, I cannot create a real number feature parameter as
this format will not be accepted as a value

 

not sure about this, I cannot create a real number feature parameter as

Not sure I'm getting it, but .....

Create a relation such as; distance = travel:fid_plunger
(automatically creates the parameter "distance")
Create a note that says "offset = &distance" and place it.
The note should show: offset = 7.500 (or whatever the value is).
(Just tried this in WF, so I've learned something <g>)

 

create the evaluate as described, then enter a relation
such as measurement= travel:fid_plunger
then make your note read &measurement.
I've just tried it and it works, although in WF2 the note doesnt
update on a regen. You have to re-define it and voila! it changes.....

 

.....

Ok, just noticed the same thing (WF2, also) and you're seeing it indicates
a bug, I think. Don't redefine it, just RMB on the part and Regenerate
again. You get the note that nothing's changed and the note still reads
old value. Repaint the screen (I just bump the spaceball) and the note
updates.

(I tried it with a part level note and a feature level note associated with
the datum evaluate, which is the last feature in the part I was testing
with.)

 

You get the note that nothing's changed ...

In the message window, that is.

 

And it also works in a note in the drawing.

 

There is always something in proe that will irritate, I've found that
suppress and resume the eval feature is the quickest way to refresh the
note, but this bug does spoil the action.

 

: Hi,
:
: I have an assembly with a series of levers which are controlled by a
: single angle and I need to see the result clearly.
: Insert/Datum/Evaluate
: feature name: plunger
: enter measurement name: travel
: and pick two surfaces to measure distance apart.
: To get to this info I look into info/feature.
:
: How to I get this 'parameter' into a 3D note to see the result
: immediately after changing the driving angle?
:
Kenny, you were right to put 'parameter' in quotes. Those methods can pick up
values when they are created but you discovered their limitation: they don't
update well.

You were close though! Instead of the evaluate function, do 'Insert>Model
Datum>Analysis'. It, too, offers the Measure function to get the refverences that
you are using for distance. But then, its decided advantage is that, in the
process, it has you create a parameter, a real one, to hold and represent that
measured value. It also sets its own update condition which makes it possble to
make the parameter value ever current and the parameter which it lets you create
can be used quite simply in a note with the usual ampersand sign. When your model
updates, the parameter updates and the note updates with it.

David Janes

 

..... do 'Insert>Model > Datum>Analysis'. It, too,

Behavioral Modeling eXtension required?

 

:> ..... do 'Insert>Model > Datum>Analysis'. It, too,
: > offers the Measure function to get the .....
:
: Behavioral Modeling eXtension required?
:
Maybe, good question, can't keep those little bundles straight, but this generally
applies to Evaluate stuff too, doesn't it? If you have Evaluate, shouldn't you
have Analysis?

David Janes

 

: Behavioral Modeling eXtension required?

Dunno for sure, but with WF and WF2 I've been able to use Evaluate
features, but Analysis features give me the "try before you buy" message.