iProperties Dialogue Windows
Focus only on iProperties important to you!
The Edit iProperties
command provides the user with quick and easy access to the most used iProperties (= iProperties that the user might be interested in; may differ per user/company), thus significantly shortening the time needed to edit the iProperties. The Edit iProperties
window can be configured differently for different Inventor document types.
Example Configuration for the *.IPT file
Follow the below steps to create your own iProperties editor window configuration.
Open the new Inventor part file.
Run the
Edit iProperties
command from the Be.Smart T4I (ribbon) -> Be.Smart T4I (panel).A message informing that properties are not set will be displayed. Click the OK button and close the empty iProperties window.
Go to the
Properties Dialog
tab in the Be.Smart T4I (ribbon) -> Be.Smart T4I (panel) -> Edit settings.In the
Document Type
list on the left, select (click) thePart
document type.Click the
Add Material
button located in the middle of the dialog box.Click the
Select
button located above theAdd Material
button.In the
Select properties
window, check thePart Number
andWeb Link
properties. Do not close the window.In the
Select properties
window, enterMass
into theAdd user property
field at the bottom right corner of the window, and click the+
(plus) button.In the
Select properties
window, enterSurface Treatment
into theAdd user property
field at the bottom right corner of the window, and click the+
button. Click OK to close the window.In the
Selected properties
list, click theSurface Treatment
property.In the
Property Settings
section of the window, Change theValue type
toValues
.Enter the following values into the
Values
field (each value on a new row): Electroplating, Elox, Polishing, Powder coating, PVD.
In the
Selected properties
list click theMass
property.In the
Property Settings
section of the window, check theRead-only
checkbox.
In the
Selected properties
list, click thePart Number
property. Click theUp
button to move the property to the top of the list.Use the
Up
andDown
buttons to move other properties so that their order in the list will be as follows: Part Number, Material, Surface Treatment, Mass, and Web Link.
Click OK to close the Be.Smart T4I Settings window.
In a part file, create a simple geometry (e.g., a cube) and save the file.
Run the
Edit iProperties
command from the Be.Smart T4I (ribbon) -> Be.Smart T4I (panel). The iProperties window showing the properties configured in previous steps will be displayed.Part Number: You can simply change the value of the field.
Material: You can select material from the drop-down list (depending on what material library you currently use).
Surface Treatment: If the iProperty is not present in the document, you can create it by using the
Create missing iProperty
button. Then select the value from the drop-down list.Mass: If you configured the Auto iProperties to automatically create the Mass property, the mass of the model will be displayed (see the Automatic iProperties section). The value is displayed as a read-only.
Web Link: You can simply change the value of the field.
For other Inventor document types, the iProperties dialogue window can be configured similarly.
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