Line breaks in properties

[John]

Hi,
I use file properties to populate drawing title, author, part number etc,
but would like to also do this for material, surface finish etc.
The problem I have is that these parameters are usually fairly lengthy and
have to span 2-3 lines of text to fit them into the relevant box on the
drawing template.

Is there a way of either:-
a) Inserting a line-break character (or group of characters) in the custom
property field that will be recognised correctly when it is translated into
text on the drawing
OR
b) A method of formatting text so that you can specify the width of the tex
box and the text automatically flows onto the next line (this was about the
only nice feature that the Radan CAD system has!).

TIA,
John H

[John Layne]

Post by John
Hi,
I use file properties to populate drawing title, author, part number etc,
but would like to also do this for material, surface finish etc.
The problem I have is that these parameters are usually fairly lengthy and
have to span 2-3 lines of text to fit them into the relevant box on the
drawing template.
Is there a way of either:-
a) Inserting a line-break character (or group of characters) in the custom
property field that will be recognised correctly when it is translated into
text on the drawing
OR
b) A method of formatting text so that you can specify the width of the tex
box and the text automatically flows onto the next line (this was about the
only nice feature that the Radan CAD system has!).
TIA,
John H

Hi there was a similar discussion some time ago which may help, link below.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?T1EA2157C

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz

[Rob Rodriguez]

John,

Go here www.robrodriguez.com . In the SolidWorks area there is a tutorial
for wrapping text. It may help you out.

Post by John
Hi,
I use file properties to populate drawing title, author, part number etc,
but would like to also do this for material, surface finish etc.
The problem I have is that these parameters are usually fairly lengthy and
have to span 2-3 lines of text to fit them into the relevant box on the
drawing template.
Is there a way of either:-
a) Inserting a line-break character (or group of characters) in the custom
property field that will be recognised correctly when it is translated into
text on the drawing
OR
b) A method of formatting text so that you can specify the width of the tex
box and the text automatically flows onto the next line (this was about the
only nice feature that the Radan CAD system has!).
TIA,
John H

[John H]

Post by John
Hi,
I use file properties to populate drawing title, author, part number etc,
but would like to also do this for material, surface finish etc.
The problem I have is that these parameters are usually fairly lengthy and
have to span 2-3 lines of text to fit them into the relevant box on the
drawing template.
Is there a way of either:-
a) Inserting a line-break character (or group of characters) in the custom
property field that will be recognised correctly when it is translated into
text on the drawing
OR
b) A method of formatting text so that you can specify the width of the tex
box and the text automatically flows onto the next line (this was about the
only nice feature that the Radan CAD system has!).
TIA,
John H

Thanks for the replies - seems like I need 2005 for one of the solutions or
2006 for the "text box" solution.
Since I'm on 2004 it seems I'm stuck for now!

Cheers,
John H

[CS]

You could aslo enter them through a macro instead. There are plenty of
examples here on the group. Possibly in the help also

Look up these topics in the help

List Custom Properties Example (VB)
Add Custom Property Example (VB)

[daniel.borin85]

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