If I talked about a SolidWorks Custom Property called “CompanyName” or “Weight” or “PartNo” you wouldn’t have to think very long or hard as to what the evaluated values of these custom properties would end up being since they are quite descriptive.
As said in previous posts, “NumberNomenc” is simply the name of a Custom Property that the Logopress3 Bill of Materials (BOM) module assigns, uses and automatically manages ”behind the scenes” so to speak, for the purpose of sorting balloons in an orderly fashion.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines the word “Nomenclature” as “1. A system of names used in art or science” and “2. The procedure of assigning names to the …”
So, by adding the word Number before Nomenclature, and then shortening it a bit, we get the name NumberNomenc which means “A systematic method of assigning numbers.“
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You may recall from a previous post that there is a Logopress3 custom property named “NumberNomenc” and the Logopress3 Bill of Materials (BOM) module automatically manages this custom property for the purpose of sorting balloons in an orderly fashion.
In the past, most people have assigned their balloons to use the Custom Property NumberNomenc each time they insert balloons. But there is a way to automate this. Please see the picture below that is a screenshot from one of our Logopress3 What’s New documents.
(Note in the above “picture” the first sentence that says “Default Logopress3 item number settings for all future drawings.” This will be getting changed in the very near future to replace the word “item” with the word “Key” in order to eliminate any confusion with the SolidWorks Item Number, which is entirely separate from what we are referring to.)
The NumberNomenc Custom Property is, for all practical purposes, synonymous with the Logopress3 “Key Number” and this is the number that is used for the sorting of balloons.
In the picture above there is an important step that should be mentioned before number 1. That is, “Open a new drawing file”. Then, follow on to step number 1 “Click File, Properties.”
One final note: Of course the second set of steps that starts with “Open the default drawing template…” should have a step 5 at the end of it saying “5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each drawing template you will use with balloons.”
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