PDMWorks quantity question
PDMWorks quantity question
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Hello all,
I am new to PDMWorks and was wondering if there is a way to have a specific part in the assembly show up as quantity "0" or "AR", etc on the drawing? For us, the part is Loctite. We need it called on the BOM so we add a "tag" in the assembly and hide it. However, on the drawing it adds up all the tags and puts that number in the quantity column.
Thanks in advance.
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I am new to PDMWorks and was wondering if there is a way to have a specific part in the assembly show up as quantity "0" or "AR", etc on the drawing? For us, the part is Loctite. We need it called on the BOM so we add a "tag" in the assembly and hide it. However, on the drawing it adds up all the tags and puts that number in the quantity column.
Thanks in advance.
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RE: PDMWorks quantity question
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
I don't have the Help or What's New for SWX 2010 to reference, but at the rollout last week our VAR demonstrated Virtual Parts which specifically addresses this sort of thing. This is different from the Virtual Components described in SWX 09's Help. Perhaps this new functionality is just what you are looking for.
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RE: PDMWorks quantity question
I've played with the functionality and it is exactly what they are looking for. Provided you're will to roll out a 0.0 in a production environment. Haven't seen too many people with the nerve for that.
Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
The reason it is done this way is because this is the only way the assemblers know to pull it (Loctite) and add it to the job. For inventory, it is not counted but this is the only way for them to get it called on the pick list. Even though it is not measured or inventoried it still needs to be added to the parts.
RE: PDMWorks quantity question
That is exactly the reason we quit using excel BOM's a few years back.
We created a SolidWorks property called UoM.
Our BOM equation is:
{2}IF('UoM'="EA";'QTY';IF('UoM'="FT";('Length'/12)" FT";IF('UoM'="LGE";('Length');IF('UoM'="NA";"0";'QTY'))))
Standing
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP3.0, PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Windows Vista Business, Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB, nVidia Quadro FX 4600