ProTIPS Pro/ENGINEER Pro/E default table retrieve location

Original question:
> From: "shawn" <kelley at carlislebrake dot com>
> How do I get the default table location to show up when I do
> save/retrieve - retrieve from the table menu? The option pro_table_dir
> has apparently been removed in i2. So there has to be somewhere else it
> can be specified. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> From: Simon Toon <Simon_Toon at eea dot co dot uk>
> As far as I can see there are 3 ways to do it:-
> 1. Use a mapkey to automatically retrieve tables from their
> tables directory.  You can then set up a button in the
> toolbar/menu.
> 2. Set your table directory as a browser favorite, using the
> config.pro option "browser_favorite".
> 3. When you open the dialogue box, it gives you the opportunity
> to browse the User Formats folder, as set by the config.pro option
> "pro_format_dir".  You could, therefore, store your drawing tables
> in the directory set as pro_format_dir.
>
> Please let us know which of these methods you use, or whether you have some
> other way.
 

Thanks for all your responses.

I received 3 votes for number 1, one vote for number 3, and 2 other suggestions.  See below.
I think I favour the method of adding an extra menu pick to the TABLE STORE menu (as the user would have to navigate to this menu anyway), but not to add a toolbar button which takes up valuable screen real-estate.

Thanks,
Simon Toon.

http://www.appleonline.net/simon.toon/protips
 
 
 


You could place them into Pro/PDM or Intralink and allow the dependencies relations to check them into your working area when required. If you need to place on for the first time Intralink will allow you to go directly into common space and use it. Unfortunately Pro/PDM does not allow this. I would think that Matrix would offer some sort of solution to this.

The tables, formats and models should all be under revision control as the all effect the face of your drawings.

I hope this is of some use to you.

Michael J. Bailey
MBailey at OrionBus dot com


You can also use the 'Start Model Directory' from the pull-down list.  This options seems to be valid during most operations, which is why I chose it.  I have tables, sections, start models, and symbols stored in this folder.

Marc Mettes        <Marc.Mettes at bicworld dot com>


In 2000i and before, I add a pick to the Table, Save/Retrieve menu called Default Tables (using menu_def.pro). That pick runs a sequence of commands that selects Table, Retrieve, and browses to the default table location. The users generally don't know it's not a standard pick. I don't know where the menu went in 2001, but if it's in the drop-downs, I'd just make a mapkey and add a pick to the dropdown.

David Lovinger
david_lovinger at cinmach dot com


#3 works good.
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Brian Liebelt
liebelt1 at llnl dot gov

I access my default table directory by adding a selection to the Table, Save/Retrieve menu. This is done through the menu_def.pro file that is in the loadpoint\text directory. Here are the commands I use:

@setbutton TABLE#STORE KTC#TABLES "#RETRIEVE;~ Select `file_open` `Ph_path.Path`1  `L:`;\ ~ Activate `file_open`  Ph_list.Filelist`1  `prolib`;\ ~ Activate `file_open` `Ph_list.Filelist`1  `engtable`;"\  "Load Key Tronic Tables."

The tables are located on a network drive that is mounted as "L:", in the subdirectory prolib\engtable. This command gives me a dialog box that lists all the tables that I have available. This is working in 2000i, 2000i2, and appears to also work in 2001.

Maurice Feryn
mferyn at keytronic dot com


As I understand, PTC has no setting for finding a table path in the config.pro. I don't remember it in the past either.
We don't store .dtl files, UDFs, symbols, notes, or tables in the PDM system. We do use a central location for all to use.

For the tables we created an icon that appears on the detailing tool bar.

When the icon is selected, the mapkeys will open the "$PROES/detailing/tables" directory.

I hope this helps.
 - Al
Al E Vaerten @ CUMMINS