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When SolidWorks 'freezes'

When SolidWorks 'freezes'

When SolidWorks 'freezes'

(OP)
It doesn't happen often - but every once and a while, SolidWorks will 'freeze' when you're doing a certain operation.  

'freeze' =  not completely frozen however I've never been able to wait more than 40 minutes for anything to happen.

In the past, I've found an alternate way to do the exact same thing.  Now, I'm using SolidWorks to generate a bill of material for me.  Is there an alternate solution out there using Excel-based bill of materials?

RE: When SolidWorks 'freezes'

With a drawing open, click on a model view, Insert/tables, then select excel based or regular bill of materials. I use the SW version. The template can be modified to suit your needs. You can save that as an excel file.

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE

 

RE: When SolidWorks 'freezes'

Are you trying to generate the BOM from a drawing or from the assembly?

If either or both of these options are freezing on you... you could try Lenny's AssemblyBOM macro that will generate the BOM from the assembly and allow you to export that to excel.

I couldn't find the macro one Lenny's site (www.lennyworks.com), but found a link to it on eng-tips.  Here is the thread that discusses it:
thread559-182457: Importing BOM from .SLDASM into Excel

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

RE: When SolidWorks 'freezes'

(OP)
The method that my current company uses (for Excel-based-BOM import) has worked countless times in the past, however I'm looking to generate a BOM on the drawing using my assemnbly - so I'm hoping one of these macros work for me.

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