2017/05/25

Parameters on Drawing

How to create a text annotations linked to the parameters.

To link a parameter from CATPart with a text annotation on CATDrawing follow these steps.
1. Create a part and a drawing from it.
2. Create a parameter in the part - in this case it is a measured mass value - Fig.1.
Fig.1

3. Go to the drawing and create a text box (Insert>Annotations>Text>Text). Keep the text editor open, click with a RMB on that text box and select from the context menu Attribute link - Fig.2.
Fig.2

4. Switch to the part and select a paramter.
5. A new window - Attribute Link Panel - should appear, select the parameter and click OK - Fig.3.
Fig.3

6. An assocative note on the drawing has been created, parametr from the text is linked to the parameter in part - Fig.4.
Fig.4