Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
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I am trying to figure out whether it is possible to create a BOM for a multi-sheet drawing that will only populate with the items that have been called out with bubbles in the drawing. We have a model provided by a customer with which we had to add supplemental equipment to. We are only concerned with calling out the items that we've had to add to it. I've added bubbles to the items that we want to include, but when I try to create a BOM, it creates one with every single component in the drawing view. I would try to go through the model that we recieved to exclude each piece from the BOM, but there are over 1200 different components related to the main assembly and that would take forever. Plus, we are going to have to repeat this same process for multiple main assemblies. Thank you for your help in advance.
Ricky
Ricky






RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
Then go back and re-select what you do want in the BOM and clear the exclude box.
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RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
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RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
To get there from where you are at, create a new assembly. Insert your finished assembly into it and then drag your additions up / out of the old assembly into the new high level one.
Eric
RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?
When I have done this in the past (installing equipment onto existing or customer supplied equipment)... within the drawing, I change the line weight of the customer equipment to thin and change it to gray. It basically ghosts out the "reference" device and makes my parts pop out. Unfortunately, the only way to do this is to create a layer with the gray line color and then set that component/sub assy to that layer.
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RE: Creating a BOM only based on parts bubbled?