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Tracking Part per sheet number

Tracking Part per sheet number

Tracking Part per sheet number

(OP)
I have been doing some searching to see if its possible to have a table reflect the sheet number that a part resides on. We use multiple sheets here and I was asked if there is a away to pull or track the location of a part within stack of sheets in Solidworks. Some of our drawings might have 50 sheets and instead of sifting through all those sheets to find which sheet contains which parts. It would be easier to have a table or even the BOM to pull those locations and place them in the table.

I want to say I have seen this before, but I don't know where at. I looked through Solidworks drawings and all the information is actually out there. The Properties of the view contains the part name so it can be searched that away, then the properties of the sheet contains the sheet number (of course if a drawing sheet was removed and added later the number of the sheets are incorrect per the tab, not the SW drawing info. The tab has to be manually renamed. That seems like a simple fix for SW to reuse sheet numbers... did you see this fcsuper?)

Anyone seen this or is doing something like this now... I think a Macro might do it, but it won't be automatic.

Kind Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.SuperATV.com
GEASWUG Greater Evansville Area SWUG Leader
www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Tracking Part per sheet number

I know many people will cringe at this, but I assign a Sheet Number property to each part and link that property to the drawing title block. That way the sheet numbers never change.

RE: Tracking Part per sheet number

(OP)
Thanks CBL - So you have already figured it out in your head what part will reside on which sheet then?

I don't know if I have that much discipline to do it like that myself. Plus they are wanting something to be automated so the table updates if a sheet is removed the drawings change sheet numbers, etc... I think a macro is going to be the only way to get this information. But I am holding out for another solution.

Cheers,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.SuperATV.com
GEASWUG Greater Evansville Area SWUG Leader
www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Tracking Part per sheet number

I no longer use multi-sheet drawings, but when I did a sheet was never removed, only water-marked as obsolete.
No table updates were required because the sheet data never changed.

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