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Weird BALLOONS ?

Weird BALLOONS ?

Weird BALLOONS ?

(OP)
I have *.SLDASM which consists of 10 "items": 8 simple parts, *.SLDPRT and 2 assys  *.SLDASM

When I put BALLOONS on *.SLDDWG the items in the ballons "jump forward" when passing the sub-assys.

items on *.SLDASM       items in BALLOONS on *.SLDDWG

1 - *.SLDPRT              1
2 - *.SLDPRT              2
3 - *.SLDPRT              3
4 - *.SLDPRT              4
5 - *.SLDASM              5
6 - *.SLDPRT              7
7 - *.SLDPRT              8
8 - *.SLDASM              9
9 - *.SLDPRT              12
10- *.SLDPRT              13

Now, it 5 - *.SLDASM consists of 2 items, STRIKER and PIN, but this is sub-assy, so on this level it's one item ??

So why does the number jump from 5 to 7 on the next (ASSY) item ?

In fact, when "picking up" on PIN, the BALLOON shows it 6.

Further down, 8 - *.SLDASM   becomes 9, but 9 - *.SLDPRT  becomes 12, that is "jumps up" 2 numbers

Item 8 - *.SLDASM   has only two items, CYLINDER and MARKER

If I BALLON Cylinder it shows it 9 , when I BALLON MARKER it shows 11

What am I doing wrong ??

I haven't seen that before - in fact the BOM shows items CORRECTLY, from 1 to 10 incl - BOM is "Top level only"          

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

What version of SW?
Have you recently upgraded version or SP?


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

(OP)
- 2005 SP4.0
- No, I haven't

The things were O.K. as late as yesterday, when I've done a couple of other assy-dwgs.

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

First do you just have one view or a couple views on your drawing that you are trying to balloon. If you have several, Do you have your views linked to the BOM? Pick on each view go to Properties- and select the check mark keep linked to BOM.

Also in your assembly if you have items in your assembly hidden you will also experience skips in numbers.

Best Regards,
Jon

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Solidworks 2006 SP0.0

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

(OP)

Quote:

Do you have your views linked to the BOM? Pick on each view go to Properties- and select the check mark keep linked to BOM

Just did it - problem PARTIALLY solved, that is now the STRIKER and the PIN - both "balloon up" as it. 5 which what it should be. Balloon numbers up to and incl. 7 are now correct.

Also the last two balloons, that is 9 and 10 now are 9 and 10, which is correct.

However, the item 8  *.SLDASM  in the BALLOON now shows up as an asterisk.

Any clues ?

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

The asterisk indicates that the item has not been ballooned.


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

(OP)
I kina solved that "asterisk problem" by deleting that cyl assy from solid assy and then re-inserting it again. It originally attached itself as a last item and obviously the last two items moved up by one number, but then on the assy I moved that cylinder 2 items up and the things re-aranged themself nicely.

So it looks like the last problem is solved and the previous problems were caused by NOT having linked the view to the BOM in the first place.

Thanks for help.

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

jacek0841
There’s is a pick located on the components properties in the model assembly that allows you to exclude a component / assembly from the BOM. I have seen this happen if I made the change after I created the drawing.

I use it to exclude customer’s parts and layouts etc.

have fun make money
Paul

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

A couple other factors to consider (which can cause the BOM to not display as expected).

1)  When you inserted the BOM, which BOM Type did you have checked:  Top Level Only or Parts Only.

2)  In the configuration properties of the assemblies is "Don't show child components in BOM when used as a sub-assembly" checked.

RE: Weird BALLOONS ?

(OP)

Quote:

There’s is a pick located on the components properties in the model assembly that allows you to exclude a component / assembly from the BOM. I have seen this happen if I made the change after I created the drawing.

Holllly smokes !!! This is just what I need.

BTW, I just discovered, that if you don't want that detail part to appear in the BOM, you MUST exclude it from all CONFIGs that appear on the "linked" view.

Explanation: I have one view supperimposed on another (showing parts in different CONFIG). For a while I could not understand why the EXCLUDED parts were still showing up on the BOM, untill I tried to EXCLUDE them from BOM on the other CONFIG.

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