How to find and select unnumbered parts

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Question:
How to select parts from model, whose numbering is not up-to-date, so there is a question mark after the part position number?

Answer:
This is not possible by filtering with category Part and Position number, since that filter property does not recognize the question mark at the end of the part position number. In addition the question mark is used as wildcard to represent any character. 

One work-around is to use template attribute filter, where Category= Template, then you need to type in Property as PART_POS or ASSEMBLY_POS, select Condition= Ends with, and type in Value=(?). See the example below.

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As another work-around you can use a report to select unnumbered parts. The reports have the "hidden" feature to be able to select the part just by selecting the corresponding line in report. That line just need to contain text Id: and the value field GetValue(”ID”) right after that text field. 

Attached is a simple report, where is just one PART row with two value fields ID and PART_POS. The part row contains the following formula, which outputs only those parts whose position number contains the string (?):


if match(GetValue("PART_POS"),"*(?)*")==1 then

Output()

else

StepOver()

endif

 
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