Custom properties can be used in the Draft environment (for inclusion in tables and annotations, for example), in Property Manager, and in Insight Connect and associated SharePoint interfaces.
Choose Tools→Variables.
In the Variable Table, select the Expose check box for the variable(s) you want to expose as custom properties.
Tip:
The exposed names of variables in the Variable Table must be different from one another.
The exposed name for a variable cannot be the same as the name of an existing custom property.
(Recommended) In the Exposed Name column, type a new name for the custom property. If you do not specify an exposed name, Solid Edge uses the variable name as the custom property name.
Tip:
For information about what constitutes a valid name, see the Help topic, Variable Table Dialog Box.
Click OK. The variable(s) are exposed as custom properties with the names you specified.
Tip:
Read-only variables overwrite custom properties when you open a file, save a file, or edit a variable.
Read-write variables overwrite custom properties when you edit a variable. Externally or internally edited custom properties overwrite read-write variables when you open or save a file.
Exposed variable synchronization occurs differently in different environments.
|
Environment |
Write Access |
Custom Property Synchronization Occurs |
|---|---|---|
|
Explorer Properties, Custom tab (Solid Edge and Insight Connect not running) |
All read-write |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Property Manager (Solid Edge or Insight Connect running) |
Write-protected exposed variables disabled |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
File Properties, Custom tab (Solid Edge or Insight Connect running) |
Write-protected exposed variables disabled |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Web Parts |
All custom properties are read-only |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Dashboard (exposure administrator-controlled) |
Behavior unchanged |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Reports |
No write access |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
File/open search |
No write access |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Family of assemblies |
Behavior unchanged |
When you edit a variable or open a file. |
|
Parts List in Draft |
(Not applicable) |
When you update a parts list |
Feature-generated variables that control geometry cannot be overwritten externally.
If you open a file created in an earlier version of Solid Edge with variables exposed, and an exposed variable name conflicts with the name of a variable exposed as a custom property, the conflicting variable name in the file you opened remains unexposed.
You can control the order in which custom properties are displayed in the Properties list in the Custom page in the File Properties dialog box. First, clear the Expose check box for all of the exposed variables in the Variable Table. Then, set the Expose check box for each variable in the order in which you want it displayed in the Properties list in the Custom tab.