Hello all- Please forgive if this topic has been covered elsewhere. I searched but didn't find anything. I have an issue that would be nice to resolve. I am using NX 10.0.3 mp4.
I have an assembly documented in Drafting, including a "Parts List" and auto-ballooning. Of course, one of the columns in the parts list is the callout, which is basically the balloon number. If I right-click on the component (not the part) in the assembly navigator and go to Properties and then the Attributes tab, I can see the Attribute named "CALLOUT". This is a fluid number that is assigned by the system and can potentially change based on sort, number of components and such.
Now here is my issue. I have a separate drawing file that documents the part (of the component in question). On that drawing, I have a note that tells what the CALLOUT number from above it. Unfortunately, if the CALLOUT changes, I have to manually go update my note.
Is there a way to make the note point to the other drawing/sheet and read that attribute? I've played around with it and can't find any way to do this. I have a call with GTAC and it stumped him as well. He's asking a developer, but I thought maybe someone in the user community has a way to do this. I don't consider what I am trying to do anything too out of the ordinary. How do people in the real NX world handle this sort of thing?
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As an alternate idea, I would also be okay with freezing the CALLOUT number of the Component in the assembly drawing. That way I could just put a note on the part drawing and know it's always going to be the same. But GTAC and I could not figure out how to freeze the attribute either. Either way would work for me. (On a side note here, it has to be a COMPONENT attribute that freezes and not a PART attribute, because the part could be used in a different assembly and have a different callout.)
Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!