Custom Labels in Parts Database Manager?

You have to create the custom attribute first

This is done through the creation of symbols, you can add an attribute in that dialog box.  Once you add an attribute you can back out of the symbol creation and your attribute will remain.

View the images below, as I created a "heat loss" attribute to my database through the symbol creation, backed out of the symbol creation then went into a project and could apply that custom attribute to any promis.e symbol afterwards.

Then once this is created you can add it to any symbol by right clicking to view the text attributes through "symbol text"

Hi Robert,
Thanks for the reply.

I believe this only relates to adding custom text to be used as symbol attribute information. I don't believe the newly created attribute text can then be mapped in the Parts Database Manager and Report Template Designer?

Regards

Parts Database Manager is no problem, I use custom attributes in mine all the time.  I have never tried reporting one, and I can't seem to find it on through an itemized part report, but if it isn't available, you would have to generate a report based on an SQL query instead of modifying an existing report.  Unless this can be scripted using C#,  I haven't tried this.

Database image:

If you follow the above example then the value for HeatLoss would be added to the Part Record the same way any other Symbol text can be pulled up when a part number is assigned. Exactly the way we have the current rating for amps on fuses in our sample parts database records, and can be used in report templates. In the Attribute_Text Field you have the name of the attribute, then a colon, then the value you want to appear in that field on the symbol. So for example on our fuses we would have "Current: 1 Amp".

If you do want a separate column just for this text in your parts database, then you would first need to go to the Setup dialog in Promis.e and use the Mapping function to assign your custom name HeatLoss to one of the user definable columns in the Parts Database. There are I believe 50 User columns available for any custom functions users want. Once you have mapped any User column to your custom name, then it will be available in the Customize section of the Parts Database Manager for you to arrange in the dialog.

Hi Richard,
I don't wish to display any custom text on the drawings, I would like to add "Heat Loss" to the symbol within parts database manager, a bit like the Weight is an input box, I would like Heat Loss.

I would then like to run a report to sum all the Heat Losses for all components.

I've actually achieved this by renaming "Weight" as heatloss, but its a shame I cannot manually add a custom input box to the parts database manager.