Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
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Does anyone know how to pull in a p/n and/or description with a leader to identify a part in drawing mode, instead of a "Balloon"...
please see the following image:
http://www.ntsuperbikes.com/graphics/PARTSLIST.JPG
please see the following image:
http://www.ntsuperbikes.com/graphics/PARTSLIST.JPG






RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
Also, when you have created the note, save it as a Block so that you can use it again in other drawings. If you need to add special notes to a particular block, simply click on the text & in the Block instance dialogue box which appears, select Attributes and add the special notes under the Value section.
Once the block is inserted into a drawing, it can be copied by holding the Ctrl button down while selecting the block & dragging to another location. Once the leader is attached to a part it will "adopt" that parts properties.
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
=B10
...where column B is the Part Number column (that comes in with the components file properties). We defaulted the ballooning to no circles, just the leaders, so the balloon number is actually the entire part number. We got rid of the 1-10 Item Number scheme and just number by the part numbers. All manufactured and purchased parts already have unique part numbers so why make add unique number 1-10 Item Number to the mix?
Seems like we had to play with the BoM properties to get SW to stop overwriting our Item Numbers. And I believe we had to manually sort the Item Number column each time a BoM was inserted. Kind of klunky but it worked.
Ken
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
Do you have any idea of what your plans are when SolidWorks 2005 BOM is released? We also your formulas to control our excel BOM’s. I have no clue what we are going to do. To my understanding excel will no longer be supported after we install SolidWorks 2005.
Bradley
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
If you are using the linked-note-with-leader to show all the BOM information, why are you bothering to duplicate all the information with a BOM? (or vice versa)
The old style BOM is an Excel spreadsheet.
The new style BOM info can be exported, in TXT or CSV format, via the "Save as" command, which can then be imported into Excel.
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
and i am using the default BOM in SW for now...and i still can't find how-to export into .txt or .csv...thanks
RE: Part numbers instead of "Ballons"???
To export a TXT or CSV file, highlight the BOM table (in the graphics area) by clicking on the top row (it should turn blue) then do a Save as select the format you want & hit enter.