Inventor Design Tracking Property

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Inventor Design Tracking Property

Inventor Design Tracking Property

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Here below are enlisted the Autodesk Inventor Design Tracking Properties available through the API.
The property name can be inserted in the BOMTITLE.TXT file to fill the property with a DBInventor database field value at savetime.

Example

this is an example of BOMTITLE.TXT

ID  "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Part Number"

DESCRIPTION "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Description"
...

Design Tracking Properties name has to be written in english language.

Reference

Property Name

Location

Description

Creation Date

UI on Project Page

Time the data in this file was first created. Will remain the same after Save As or Copy operations

Part Number

UI on Project Page

Tracking number assigned to the part.

Stock Number

UI on Project Page

Stock number assigned to the Part

Project

UI on Project Page

Project for which this part was generated.

Cost Center

UI on Project Page

Cost Center responsible for the Project

Checked By

UI on Status Page

Name of the person checking the part.

Date Checked

UI on Status Page

Time on which the check was performed.

Engr Approved By

UI on Status Page

Name of the person approving the part's engineering aspect.

Engr Date Approved

UI on Status Page

Time on which the approval of the part's engineering was performed.

User Status

UI on Status Page

Status of the part.

Material

UI in Material command

Name of the material used to build the part.

Part Property Revision Id

No UI

GUID representing revision of Part properties (SummaryInformation, DocumentSummaryInformation, UserDefinedProperties and DesignTrackingProperties).

Catalog Web Link

UI on Project Page

If this is a Part from a Catalog, the Web address of the Catalog provider.

Description

UI on Project Page

A user-defined description of the contents of this file.

Vendor

UI on Project Page

Name of the vendor from which this part is purchased.

Document SubType

No UI,

Finer classification of this Document's type. Document's type can be retrieved by calling ::ReadClassStg on the root-storage.

Document SubType Name

No UI

Display name of the finer classification of this document's type.

Proxy Refresh Date

No UI

If this is Proxy file for a Part, the date/time when it was last refreshed with respect to the part.

Mfg Approved By

UI on Project Page

Name of the person approving the part's manufacturing aspect.

Mfg Date Approved

UI on Project Page

Time on which the approval of the part's manufacturing was performed.

Part Icon

No UI

Special icon to be used wherever appropriate (e.g.: Windows Explorer).

Cost

UI on Project Page

Cost of the part.

Standard

No UI

If non-NULL, this is a Standard Part with this International Standard designation.

Design Status

UI on Status Page

0=Not Set, 1=Work In Progress, 2=Pending, 3=Released.

Designer

UI on Project Page

If non-NULL, this is the name of the designer of this model.

Engineer

UI on Project Page

If non-NULL, this is the name of the engineer responsible for this model.

Authority

UI on Project Page

If non-NULL, this signifies the authorization of this model.

Parameterized Template

No UI

Whether this model is a parameterized template to produce other models.

Template Row

No UI

The row of parameters in the template from which this model was derived.

External Property Revision Id

No UI

GUID representing revision of external property sets (created by Third Parties)

Standard Revision

No UI

Applicable when Standard is non-NULL. Indicates the version of the international standard

Manufacturer

No UI

This is the name of the manufacturer or supplier of this component

Standards Organization

No UI

If non-NULL, this is the name of the organization that developed the specific standard to which this family might belong

Language

No UI

If non-NULL, this is the language (specified in ISO 639-2 alpha-3) being used for displaying the user-friendly names of various pieces of data

Defer Updates

No UI

Whether to suspend drawing updates that reflect changes in its referenced files

Categories

No UI

XML string providing the complete categorization of this model, along with the mappings of the Category Parameters to parameters within this Document

Weld Material

No UI

Name of the material used for Weld Beads

BomTitle_INV.txt

Under SCHEMA folder you can find a pre-filled demo file named BOMTITLE_INV.TXT with supported properties (properties not listed here are not supported yet).
Simply rename the file as BOMTITLE.TXT, uncomment them and assign each to a database FIELD.

;===================================================================

;
; DBWorks (C)MechWorks BOM titles file
;
; Language: ENGLISH
;
;===================================================================
;
;
ID   "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Part Number"
DESCRIPTION  "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Description"
MATERIAL  "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Material"
NOTE   "Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Engineer"
;
; The managed Inventor Inventor Design Tracking Properties are:
;
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Part Number"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Project"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Cost Center"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Checked By"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Date Checked"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Engr Approved By"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Engr Date Approved"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@User Status"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Material"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Part Property Revision Id"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Catalog Web Link"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Part Icon"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Description"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Vendor"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Document SubType"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Document SubType Name"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Proxy Refresh Date"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Mfg Approved By"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Mfg Date Approved"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Cost"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Standard"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Design Status"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Designer"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Engineer"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Authority"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Parameterized Template"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Template Row"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@External Property Revision Id"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Standard Revision"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Manufacturer"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Standards Organization"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Language"
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Defer Updates"
;
;=====================R15=======================
;
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Author"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Comments"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Keywords"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Last Saved By"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Revision Number"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Subject"
;"Inventor@SummaryInfoProperty@Title"
;
;"Inventor@DesignTrackingProperty@Creation Date"
;
;=====================R17=======================
;
;"Inventor@DocSummaryInfoProperty@Category"
;"Inventor@DocSummaryInfoProperty@Company"
;"Inventor@DocSummaryInfoProperty@Manager"