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Pulling a Part Number

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There are two workflows to pull a part number from Propel into Bild: 1) before pushing a design into Bild and 2) after pushing a design into Bild (and then optionally renaming the design file)

Pulling a part number before pushing a design into Bild

  1. First you will need to create an item

    1. Click on the "+New" button

    2. Click on "Item"

    3. On the popup, click on the Propel icon logo to generate a Part Number from Propel

    4. Select a category and fill out the required fields.

    5. Click on "Generate" after filling out the fields.

    6. The item will be populated with a Part Number, pulled from Propel and using the part numbering schema from Propel. Click on "Create" to create the item

  2. [Optional] Once the item is created, you can optionally rename your design file with the part number.

  3. Push the design file to the item

    1. Your new design file will have a "New" tag next to it

    2. Right click on it, and select "Push New Files"

    3. Click into the folder path on the popup screen to go to the file and then click on the "Select Item" dropdown

    4. Select the item number from before that you want to pair this file with, then click the "Upload" button.

Pulling a part number after pushing a design into Bild

  1. Right click on the design you want to pull a part number for, and open the data card by clicking on Show File Info

  2. Click on the pencil icon to edit the metadata and then click on the Propel icon next to the Part Number field to generate a Part Number from Propel

  3. Select a category and fill out the required fields. Click on "Generate" after filling out the fields.

  4. The part number will update in the data card with the new part number from Propel

  5. If the file goes outdated that is because the part number was written into the design file's property, you should fetch the update

  6. [Optional] If you want to rename the design file with the part number follow these steps

    1. Check out the file

    2. Rename the design file with the part number as you normally would (SolidWorks rename function, file explorer, etc)

    3. The renamed file will show up as a "New File"

    4. Push the new file by either right-clicking on the file and click on "Push New Files" and then click on "Select File" under the Pair with existing file column. The following list shows files you can pair the newly renamed file (files that are checked out by you and share the same file type). Select the old file name, then click on the Upload button.

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