Something Java based (maybe that's what modelhead means) is what I found a while ago but then didn't really have the interest to fully test is WireFusion: http://www.demicron.com/index.html Yet even this doesn't seem to allow you all that interactive freedom you are after and for a (rather short term) client interaction, it seems to be too cumbersome and I am not sure if it is worth the effort.

Hi Didier and shannon, i have found that the attributes reporter wont take attributes from components unless you open the component and then select then the instance. It would be good if you could select the entire model and then get a report on the attributes. Another thing that would be really good would be: name the attribute by material and a seperate field for the supplier of the material. That way when the material is exported it could be grouped into suppliers. Do you think this can be done didier?