Linking Item #'s
Linking Item #'s
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Does anyone know how to link an item # from a BOM to another drawing?
We model up our assemblies, then create a layout with a BOM. After the layout is approved, detail drawings are created of each component. I would like to have the item # in the layout BOM reflect the detail # of each drawing. Is ther an easy way to do this?
We model up our assemblies, then create a layout with a BOM. After the layout is approved, detail drawings are created of each component. I would like to have the item # in the layout BOM reflect the detail # of each drawing. Is ther an easy way to do this?






RE: Linking Item #'s
RE: Linking Item #'s
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RE: Linking Item #'s
You say, “I would like to have the item # in the layout BOM reflect the detail # of each drawing.”
Could you explain what you mean in more detail?
Bradley
RE: Linking Item #'s
Item numbers are meant to be just a simple way of cross-referencing a part in the graphics area to the more detailed information in the BOM ... description, part number, drawing number, etc.
I think you are asking for trouble if you do what you are trying to do! If you subsequently change the assy by either deleting or adding a part, or just by changing the order of parts, the Item # in the BOM will change, subsequently changing all your drawing numbers. That would make for a drawing tracking nightmare! How would you handle multiple instances of a part that appears in different sub-assys?
A safer way is to assign each part a unique part number, in the custom or config props, so that the BOM will call up that part wherever it is used.
RE: Linking Item #'s
Flores