ATTEXTS

Function:

Allows the user to append text, typically a User Defined Attribute (UDA) and/or other attribute settings, to descriptions in material lists.

Description:

Standard descriptions in material lists comprise a geometric description (RTEX attribute of DTEXT) and a material description (XTEX attribute of MTEXT). This command allows the user to append further text defined by an expression (typically including settings of UDAs or other attributes) if a predefined selection rule gives a True result.

Examples:

ATTEX (Flange '+AFTER (NAME,'/')+' at position '+STR (POS)+' has 'STR (NWELDS)+' additional welds') ON all flange with (NWELDS GT 0)

If a flange has additional welds, appends the text 'Flange /name at position, position has number additional welds' to the item description in the material list.

ATTEX (Colour: ' + :Colour) ON ALL BRANCH MEMBERS

Appends the text 'Colour: colour_defined_by_UDA_ :Colour' to the descriptions of all branch members.

Command Syntax:

>- ATTEXts -+- expression - ON - selection_rule -.

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where expression defines the text to be appended if selection_rule evaluates to a True result.