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Test your knowledge and apply what you have learned. In this practice exercise, you will learn to create a custom iProperty and tag user parameters for export.s. The practice dataset is included in the module resources. A solution video is also provided for supportive instruction.
Exercise
Transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:05
for this practice exercise. We use the supplied data set custom property dot IP T.
00:10
This can be found in the practice subfolder inside of the inventor project files.
00:15
We want to take a look at using user parameters inside of a custom I property.
00:20
The first thing that we need to do is identify
00:21
the user parameters for whole space X and whole space Y
00:25
and select them for export.
00:28
Once we do that,
00:29
we can navigate to the custom I properties at the top of our browser,
00:33
go to I properties and under custom note that both whole space
00:37
X and whole space Y are now populated
00:40
from here.
00:40
We're going to go to our project and under description,
00:43
we want to create a custom I property that lists the whole spacing.
00:46
So that way we can have an idea of what the whole spacing is for this part
00:51
to do this. We start by simply selecting equals and then we can type in plate, whole
00:58
pattern
00:59
is in plain text.
01:01
And then we can use our brackets to use whole
01:05
space X close bracket
01:08
capital X
01:09
and whole space Y
01:13
now it's important that these are case sensitive. We're gonna hit enter
01:16
and notice that the custom property has an FX on the right hand side
01:20
and it says plate hole pattern is one inch by two inch.
01:25
If we select clothes go back to our
01:27
user parameters and make some modifications to this.
01:30
For example, let's make it 1.5 by two.
01:34
If we go back to our customized properties
01:37
under our project description,
01:39
we should see that it updates with 1.5 by two inches
01:43
using user parameters inside of your custom I properties
01:46
is a great way to ensure that data in the
01:48
design can be populated downstream in things like detailed
01:51
drawings or when it's checked into a PDM system.
Video transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:05
for this practice exercise. We use the supplied data set custom property dot IP T.
00:10
This can be found in the practice subfolder inside of the inventor project files.
00:15
We want to take a look at using user parameters inside of a custom I property.
00:20
The first thing that we need to do is identify
00:21
the user parameters for whole space X and whole space Y
00:25
and select them for export.
00:28
Once we do that,
00:29
we can navigate to the custom I properties at the top of our browser,
00:33
go to I properties and under custom note that both whole space
00:37
X and whole space Y are now populated
00:40
from here.
00:40
We're going to go to our project and under description,
00:43
we want to create a custom I property that lists the whole spacing.
00:46
So that way we can have an idea of what the whole spacing is for this part
00:51
to do this. We start by simply selecting equals and then we can type in plate, whole
00:58
pattern
00:59
is in plain text.
01:01
And then we can use our brackets to use whole
01:05
space X close bracket
01:08
capital X
01:09
and whole space Y
01:13
now it's important that these are case sensitive. We're gonna hit enter
01:16
and notice that the custom property has an FX on the right hand side
01:20
and it says plate hole pattern is one inch by two inch.
01:25
If we select clothes go back to our
01:27
user parameters and make some modifications to this.
01:30
For example, let's make it 1.5 by two.
01:34
If we go back to our customized properties
01:37
under our project description,
01:39
we should see that it updates with 1.5 by two inches
01:43
using user parameters inside of your custom I properties
01:46
is a great way to ensure that data in the
01:48
design can be populated downstream in things like detailed
01:51
drawings or when it's checked into a PDM system.
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