InviProperties and the Inventor iProperty concept
InviProperties allow you to take advantage of Inventor’s iProperty concept. Among other things iProperties help you track and manage files, create reports, and automatically update assembly bills of materials, drawing parts lists, title blocks, and other information. In our case, we are using iProperties to add information to the Parts list.
To edit the Part Number and the Description columns do the following.
Open InventorUtilities3.0.2.5 (or newer)/Designs and find InviProperty and drag into TableTop0.
Set InviProperty quantity to 3.
Add Rule values to InviProperty
In "world.tableapplication1.tables.tables0.tabletopgroup.tabletop0.
inviproperties.inviproperties0"/Child Tab/ add these values:
RULE NAME |
TYPE |
ADD VALUE |
CATEGORY |
FLAGS |
*invName |
String |
["Description", "Part Number", "Title"] [child.index] |
Inventor |
Cached |
*invPropertySetName |
String |
["Design Tracking Properties", "Design Tracking Properties", "Summary Information"][child.index] |
Inventor |
Cached |
invValue |
String |
["Material: Oak", "Table Top", "Inventor Drawing Document Setup Exercise"] [child.index] |
Inventor |
Cached Required |
invDataType |
String |
"kstring" |
Inventor |
Cached |
Note: The 3rd value in invValue ("Inventor Drawing Document Setup Exercise") puts this into the TitleBlock in the title box.
Open InventorUtilities3.0.2.5 (or newer)/Designs and find InviProperty and drag into LegPair0.
Set InviProperty quantity to 2.
Add Rule values to InviProperty (legpair0)
In "world.tableapplication1.tables.tables0.legpairgroup.legpair0.
inviproperties.inviproperties0"/Child Tab/ add these values:
RULE NAME |
TYPE |
ADD VALUE |
CATEGORY |
FLAGS |
*invName |
String |
["Description", "Part Number"] [child.index] |
Inventor |
Cached |
*invPropertySetName |
String |
"Design Tracking Properties" |
Inventor |
Cached |
invValue |
String |
["Material: Maple", "Leg Pairs"] [child.index] |
Inventor |
Cached Required |
invDataType |
String |
"kstring" |
Inventor |
Cached |
*List of iProperties and property set names
Summary Information: Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Comments, Last Saved By
Revision Number, Thumbnail
Document Summary Information: Category, Manager, Company
Design Tracking Properties: Date Created, Part Number, Project, Cost Center, Checked by, Date Checked, Engr Approved by,
Date Eng Approved, User Status, Material, Part Revision, Catalog web link,Part Icon, Description, Vendor,
Part Type, Part Type name,Date proxy refreshed, Mfg Approved by, Date Mfg Approved,
Cost, Standard, Design Status, Designer, Engineer, Authority, Parameterized Template, Template Row,
External Part Revision, Standard Revision, Manufacturer, Standards Organization, Language,
Defer Updates, Size Designation, Categories,Stock Number, Weld Material,
Mass, SurfaceArea, Volume, Density, Valid MassProps, FlatPatternExtentsWidth,
FlatPatternExtentsLength, FlatPatternExtentsArea, SheetMetalRule, LastUpdatedWith,
SheetMetalWidth, SheetMetalLength, SheetMetalArea, Material Identifier, Appearance,
Flat Pattern Defer Update
User Defined Properties: ‘User Defined’
