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Tech Tip: Equations and Custom Properties

Category: Parts

Custom properties can be used in equations and equation variables can be accessed in custom properties.

Procedure:

Example: We know the cost per pound of the material we’re using. We would like a custom property for the total cost of the part which can be determined by multiplying the cost per pound, times the weight of the part. First, we should create the custom properties “cost per pound” and “weight”.

We can calculate the total cost by creating an equation and accessing the custom properties from the drop-down at the bottom of the equation dialog box.

Then we can create a new custom property “cost” and set it equal to the equation variable.