List Editor - Multi-property Material List

You use a Multi-property Material based list to set the value for multiple properties in a part document, based on the current material assigned to the part. The list editor enables you to manage the values assigned to properties and their association to a specific part material.

Click the button to view a video that demonstrates how to create and edit Multi-property Material lists.

After creating a Multi-property Material list, you assign the list to multiple properties in the iPropWiz configuration editor.

Click the button to view a video hat demonstrates how to assign multi-property lists to properties in the iPropWiz Configuration Editor.

You can sort the list by clicking the header of the Order, Value, Description, or any of the Secondary Value columns. Click a second time to reverse the sort order. You can reorder items in the list by using a common drag and drop workflow. See the Drag and Drop in Grids page for more information.

	Material Selection
	Select a material from the drop-down list. The material name must be unique within the list. All material assets from the current iPropWiz configuration's asset libraries are included in the list.

	Description
	Optionally add a description for this value. The description will be shown in the iPropWiz Property Editor if the Show Description check box is checked.

	Secondary Value Lists
	See the Material List Property Assignment section below for specific information on how values are assigned from a Multi-property Material list. See the Multi-property Lists page for more information on managing secondary value lists.

Note: List additions and edits are saved to disk when you save the current configuration from the iPropWiz Configuration Editor.

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Material List Property Assignment

A Multi-property Material list can control a number of property values in a configuration property set (i.e. the properties for a specific document type). The list consists of a material field list, and one or more secondary value lists. Each list has the same number of rows. When the material of a part changes, iPropWiz checks to see if the material name is included in any Multi-property Material list in use. If so, and the secondary fields have been assigned to properties in the current iPropWiz configuration, the corresponding values in the secondary field lists are assigned to those properties.

Each secondary field value can be either a fixed value (e.g. "Bin 35"), or a simple Text list, or Multi-level Tree list.

The following illustration shows the structure of a Multi-property Material list. The example below outlines how values are assigned from the list in the iPropWiz Property Editor.

1.The material of the part is changed to Aluminum 7075-T6. This change can be made from within the iPropWiz Property Editor, or by using various work flows in Autodesk Inventor.

2.The change activates a review of the properties assigned by the active iPropWiz configuration. Since the new material is included in the list, the properties associated with the secondary value lists are updated (if required).

The property assignment for the secondary list can be either:

A fixed text value. For example, the Inventor iproperty assigned the "Prep" secondary list would be assigned the fixed value Shot.

A Simple Text list (single selection) or Multi-level Tree list. For example, the Inventor iproperty assigned the "Prep" secondary list would be assigned the global Finish list. The asterisk indicates the list is a global list. The user would be able to select a value from the Finish list in the iPropWiz Property Editor.

Notes: If the part is assigned a material that is not included in the list, the properties associated with the secondary fields can be edited in the iPropWiz Property Editor.

Each cell in the secondary value columns has a drop down list of all the valid simple Text and Tree lists in the current iPropWiz configuration..

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