Create custom setup sheets

Setup sheets are configured as drawing templates in NX. They hold placeholders for the class attributes that are replaced with values when you generate a setup sheet for a resource. The attribute placeholders must be configured in NX following a specific format.

Procedure

1. Set up the drawing template as specified in the Drawing templates section of the CAD Drafting Help in the NX Help Collection.Consider when creating a drawing template that the unit is hard-coded in the template. The unit delivered with the default setup sheet is metric. If you use inch tool assemblies, you must modify the hard-coded unit. The tool attribute values are always transferred in the tool assembly ICO unit.

2. In the drawing template in NX, right-click the placeholder for the attribute value and choose Edit text.

3. In the Text dialog box, edit the placeholder text.

The entry always begins with ${ and ends with }.

Attributes are entered using their attribute ID.

Key-LOV entries display the attribute key followed by the key value. For example, the key-LOV -45213 contains the following:

The placeholder for such a key-LOV has the following format: ${-45213} ${-45213_TEXT} The first entry, ${-45213} displays the key and the second entry, ${-45213_TEXT}, displays its value. You can create a placeholder for the value only: ${-45213_TEXT}

Array placeholders must contain an index indicating the array position. For example: ${-45002_1}

4. Add the new template revision to the MRMSetupSheetTemplatesMetric or the MRMSetupSheetTemplatesInch preference depending on your needs, and to the template PAX file as explained in Enable setup sheet generation for resources .

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