Left / right hand part issue
Left / right hand part issue
(OP)
I have an issue that I have not been able to work out to my satisfaction, I hope someone here can help out.
I have a retainer that is essentially a strip of sheet metal, that is installed on the left and right side of a fairing. The problem is that if I create separate configurations of the part, there are two separate entries in the BOM. I'd like to keep the BOM associative, so I don't want to delete the extra instance and manually change the part quantity. I could create reference sets in NX, and that worked great, but using configurations in Solidworks essentially makes them separate components. Does anyone know how to have them show up on the same line in the BOM without manually editing?
I'm using Solidworks 2015, X64, SP 3.0 and Windows 7 Pro, Service Pack 1.
Thanks!
Al
I have a retainer that is essentially a strip of sheet metal, that is installed on the left and right side of a fairing. The problem is that if I create separate configurations of the part, there are two separate entries in the BOM. I'd like to keep the BOM associative, so I don't want to delete the extra instance and manually change the part quantity. I could create reference sets in NX, and that worked great, but using configurations in Solidworks essentially makes them separate components. Does anyone know how to have them show up on the same line in the BOM without manually editing?
I'm using Solidworks 2015, X64, SP 3.0 and Windows 7 Pro, Service Pack 1.
Thanks!
Al






RE: Left / right hand part issue
In the popup window, bottom-right corner, select "Exclude from bill of materials".
Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks '15
SolidWorks Legion
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Thanks!
Al
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWE
My Blog
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Al
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Eric
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWE
My Blog
RE: Left / right hand part issue
From the image he posted, it looks as if the part is modeled as bent, with a small angle at the end of it also. This would make it so that he can't simply flip the part over on the other side, the angle would be upside down relative to the mating part. In reality, he's going to use the same strip and bend it either one way or the other, but in SW, that means two different components.
Eric's solution sounds like it may be what you're looking for, Al. However, you may run into problems with Toolbox parts if you're using any. I just tried a quick example assy and I had two different lengths of a 3/8" socket head cap screw in my assembly, and by turning on this option it combined all lengths of the same diameter bolt into one line item with no delineation.
E. Morel
M.E.
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E. Morel
M.E.
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Al
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Well, at least it hasn't been boring this afternoon.
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
Al
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Eric
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I had to do something similar a while back. I modeled the "form at assembly" sheet metal part so it would look correct, made my opposite-hand version, and then excluded them from the BOM. Then I modeled the part in the un-formed condition (just a simple flat metal strip), added two of them to the assembly, and then hid them.
Probably kind of a whack-a-mole sort of work-around, but it got me what I needed....
Steve