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.

1. Open the new Inventor part file.

2. Run the Edit iProperties command from the Be.Smart T4I (ribbon) -> Be.Smart T4I (panel).

   
3. A message informing that properties are not set will be displayed. Click the OK button and close the empty iProperties window.

4. Go to the Properties Dialog tab in the Be.Smart T4I (ribbon) -> Be.Smart T4I (panel) -> Edit settings.

   
5. In the Document Type list on the left, select (click) the Part document type.

6. Click the Add Material button located in the middle of the dialog box.

7. Click the Select button located above the Add Material button.

8. In the Select properties window, check the Part Number and Web Link properties. Do not close the window.

9. In the Select properties window, enter Mass into the Add user property field at the bottom right corner of the window, and click the + (plus) button.

10. In the Select properties window, enter Surface Treatment into the Add user property field at the bottom right corner of the window, and click the + button. Click OK to close the window.

    
11. In the Selected properties list, click the Surface Treatment property.

    1. In the Property Settings section of the window, Change the Value type to Values.

    2. Enter the following values into the Values field (each value on a new row): Electroplating, Elox, Polishing, Powder coating, PVD.

       
12. In the Selected properties list click the Mass property.

    1. In the Property Settings section of the window, check the Read-only checkbox.

13. In the Selected properties list, click the Part Number property. Click the Up button to move the property to the top of the list.

    1. Use the Up and Down 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.

       
14. Click OK to close the Be.Smart T4I Settings window.

15. In a part file, create a simple geometry (e.g., a cube) and save the file.

16. 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.

    1. Part Number: You can simply change the value of the field.

    2. Material: You can select material from the drop-down list (depending on what material library you currently use).

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. Web Link: You can simply change the value of the field.

    

For other Inventor document types, the iProperties dialogue window can be configured similarly.