Featurescript to select the variable

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• kevin_o_toole_1 Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565

  September 2017

  I'm not quite clear on what you're asking for. What do you mean by "a #variable array"? What's the goal of this feature? Does an Array parameter give the UI you're looking for?
  
  
  

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• papawo Member, Developers Posts: 206 PRO

  September 2017

  
  this is my #variable
  when I put 3 in the #Option , it will choose 60in for the #Width
  
  Now what Im trying to do is create a custom feature that has a boolean selection of width.
  and when I select a 20in width from the boolean , it will trigger  #Option1
  I want to do a featurescript that will make use of setting variable I already have.

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• kevin_o_toole_1 Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Okay, I think I see now.
  
  It looks like you have three choices:
  

  1. Create a length parameter allowing any value. If the user wants a specific value in their list, they can set that value to something referring to the Part Studio variables. e.g. "[20 in, 30 in, 60 in, 80 in][#Option]" or "#Width".
  2. Create an enum parameter with hard-coded values, (e.g. "20 in", "40 in"....). If you need a different set of values, you need a different feature (or some conditional visibility to switch between multiple dropdowns)
  3. Create an enum parameter with "Option 1", "Option 2", etc. and, inside the feature, use getVariable to extract the "Width" variable and extract the relevant item in the array.

  Generally speaking I'd encourage #1 or (more rarely) #2. If you do #3, the specific #Width parameter needs specific formatting (an array of precisely 5 values with length units) and a specific name, otherwise the feature fails. The user doesn't get good visibility into why it failed ("bad" variable), and, if it succeeds, they don't get feedback about what value "Option 1" referred to.
  
  Let me know if you have more questions!

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