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STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:06 am
by Bryan O
I would like to have an annotation read the gauge of the sheet metal part its attached to.
Anyone know the property for that?

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:12 am
by AlexLachance
Is the gauge of the sheet metal a property inside the part?

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:20 am
by Bryan O
Yes

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:40 am
by AlexLachance
You could link the annotation to the custom property and create a "favorite" of it or save it externally to use it in other drawings. You might have to tweak a few things but you should get the hang of it.

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... op_sub.htm

For instance, we call out config names to show the different configuration used
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Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:58 am
by Bryan O
I was hoping there was something like $PRP:"SW-Sheet Metal Parameter"

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 9:17 am
by AlexLachance
Bryan O wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:58 am I was hoping there was something like $PRP:"SW-Sheet Metal Parameter"
Hrm I doubt you'll have a SW generated property for gauges, maybe I am mistaken though. On our end we don't use gauges because we require decimals to be sent to our ERP so we write the decimals and add the gauge as an annotation.

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 10:37 am
by Ronan
I use this on the sheet metal drawings "Thickness@Sheet-Metal" mm Sheet.

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 11:13 am
by AlexLachance
Ronan wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 10:37 am I use this on the sheet metal drawings "Thickness@Sheet-Metal" mm Sheet.
I believe he wants a display such as "14ga" rather then imperial/metric measures.

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 11:36 am
by DanPihlaja
If you use Gage tables, can you pull that info from the table? (not sure how this would work, but trying to spitball ideas)

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 11:44 am
by AlexLachance
DanPihlaja wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 11:36 am If you use Gage tables, can you pull that info from the table? (not sure how this would work, but trying to spitball ideas)
I don't think so. Our tables have gauges but the gauges are in decimals (imperial in our case). The information contained within the table cannot be accessed anywhere else but from within the command as far as I'm aware and even then they are only "displayed"

So for instance, our 11Ga is 0.1196" in thickness.

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:49 pm
by Bryan O
AlexLachance wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 11:44 am I don't think so. Our tables have gauges but the gauges are in decimals (imperial in our case). The information contained within the table cannot be accessed anywhere else but from within the command as far as I'm aware and even then they are only "displayed"

So for instance, our 11Ga is 0.1196" in thickness.
Yes, that was what I was hoping but @AlexLachance is correct, can't get there from here.

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:52 pm
by AlexLachance
Bryan O wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:49 pm Yes, that was what I was hoping but @AlexLachance is correct, can't get there from here.
That reminds me how much I loved when we had a distinction inside the company between 3mm, 11ga, and 1/8 in steel sheets. Thankfully we're far away from that nonsense lol

Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:54 pm
by SPerman
Could you write a macro to read that information and apply it to the drawing?

https://help.solidworks.com/2022/Englis ... t=P&value=
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Re: STEEL GAUGE

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 3:15 pm
by JSculley
New in SW 2023:

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To link annotations to gauge values:
In a drawing of a sheet metal part, click an annotation, such as Note .
In the PropertyManager, click Link to Property .
In the Link to property dialog box, in Property name, select Sheet Metal Gauge.
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