Adding Custom Part Properties

[Ydl]

Hi All.

Did a quick forum search for this and looked through the help file and couldn't find a solution so I thought I'd ask here...

How exactly do I go about adding a custom part property?
Under Gem> Properties>General>Part Data there is a Custom Properties area, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to add any fields here.

Help would be greatly appreciate.

 

[JST]

I have re-purposed existing properties, with new names,so that I can reference them in the equation editor.

For example one has been changed to be named "length", and I can tag a dimension as "length" and it will show up as such in BOMs.

As for actually ADDING any, I have not done that and do not know if it can be done.

 

[Ydl]

Thanks for the work around.

Kind of bizarre that it's needed though.

 

[JST]

I suppose, but there are a pot-full of existing entries that I have no use for, and so it is fine to re-use one. That is, by the way, covered in the help file.

 

[Lew_Merrick]

Thanks for the work around. Kind of bizarre that it's needed though.

The fact is that the "File Properties->General->Part Data" values are (A) poorly thought out and (B) virtually stupid when it comes to creating proper Project and Drawing documentation. [This is, unfortunately, a CAD-Industry wide phenomenon.]