A Part Text Box with variable value is not shown in a drawing view. Why?
Solution
The Text Box value is not shown directly on drawing, because it is an sketch
annotation.
Currently we do not show Annotations of e.g. a sheet metal/partfile in a
drawing view directly.
It is possible to retrieve the Text Box via "Retrieve Dimension", but if the
Text Box contains a variable value it is shown with "Error:No reference",
because it is added as "From Active Document" Variable Property of the Sheet
Metal Part model and this is not valid on the Drawing.
Workaround is creating the text box with the Variable retrieved from the
Properties List "Named Reference" directly in the draft application.
This value will be updated if it is changed in the model.
Notes and References
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: INTL64
OS: window
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: DRAFT
Version: V109MP8
Function: DIMENSIONS
Ref: 001-8933445