BOM automatic Update
BOM automatic Update
(OP)
Hello all - - -Happy Friday!! I fooled them again for another week!!
Problem:
I have an associate nearby using SolidWorks 2006
He has an assembly family of parts in a design table.
The length of some of the parts changes those parts are also in a design table.
He has an assembly drawing of these parts that is linked to the assembly.
This assembly drawing automatically updates if you change to model.
The bill of material however has to be manually changed
What he does is go into the assembly select the bill and select the configuration to be displayed.
He currently has about five assemblies set up each containing about twenty configurations.
He wants the BOM to update automatically.
Can anyone offer any help, please?
Thanks!
Problem:
I have an associate nearby using SolidWorks 2006
He has an assembly family of parts in a design table.
The length of some of the parts changes those parts are also in a design table.
He has an assembly drawing of these parts that is linked to the assembly.
This assembly drawing automatically updates if you change to model.
The bill of material however has to be manually changed
What he does is go into the assembly select the bill and select the configuration to be displayed.
He currently has about five assemblies set up each containing about twenty configurations.
He wants the BOM to update automatically.
Can anyone offer any help, please?
Thanks!
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0






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Heres to you, CBL.
Thank you once again!!
If I had anything of value, I'd leave it to you in my will.
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: BOM automatic Update
Hi all.
We are still stuck.
To engAlright: It is the configuration of parts and no it will not update automatically
The main assembly has 38 variations.
Of that main assembly there are seven parts that change along with an additional 9 parts that are resolved or suppressed
In the seven parts that change there are 12 variations of each
I will attach the design table that drives the main assembly
Can I reference the bill I want displayed in the design table???
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Thanks all.
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: BOM automatic Update
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: BOM automatic Update
Thanks
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: BOM automatic Update
Note that under BOM settings, "Part Configuration Grouping" must be set to "Display all configurations of the same name as a single item" or "Display configurations of the same part as separate items" in order for the config names to appear correctly in the BOM...
RE: BOM automatic Update
Are there any other answers?
Thanks!
Have a GREAT weekend!
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: BOM automatic Update
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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