dwg assy hidden parts & bom
dwg assy hidden parts & bom
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SW2007 sp2.2
I create a dwg & bom of an assy. Within the dwg there are some assy parts I do not want on the bom or shown. I hide these parts & delete the row in the bom chart.
Sometimes when I go back into the dwg, the parts are not hidden & bom has them added again. I then hide & remove from bom.
Anyone know why this happens & how to avoid it?
Thanks
I create a dwg & bom of an assy. Within the dwg there are some assy parts I do not want on the bom or shown. I hide these parts & delete the row in the bom chart.
Sometimes when I go back into the dwg, the parts are not hidden & bom has them added again. I then hide & remove from bom.
Anyone know why this happens & how to avoid it?
Thanks






RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
Do you have configurations of the assy? If so, make sure the BOM is referencing the correct one.
Hiding a part does not remove it from inclusion in the BOM (suppressing it will) and when the drawing is re-opened the BOM will be automatically rebuilt. You can de-activate that option if necessary.
In the assy, select the part, open the Component Properties and select the Exclude from bill of materials option.
RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
I don't want to supress it in the assy because I use & reference it in the assy but don't want to show it in the dwg.
For example, I have a metal base with a welded bracket which has a cover on the bracket. I dont' want to supress the cover in my assy. I want to show the bracket being welded onto my base in the dwg but I don't want to show the cover in the dwg.
The only thing I can think of is that maybe if the part being hidden is modified in any way it reappears on the dwg after being hidden.
RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
I can deal with going in & removing the parts from the bom again if they come back but it is a pain when I have to go to each view to re-hide the parts if they appear again after being hidden.
I can also take the suggestion of updating the sp & also trying it on 2008 to see if the problem persists.
RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
If you are saving the docs after hiding the part, that (obviously) should not happen. It may have been a bug in that SP. Try updating to SP5.
RE: dwg assy hidden parts & bom
Clicking the "gray" column will allow you to reorder the BOM table.
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