Insert part revs from drawings into assembly drawing

[timeline1968]

I've contacted my local SW rep. regarding this, but he couldn't find a solution. I'm hoping someone out there might know of one:

What I'm looking to do is: say you have a part. You make a drawing from that part. As time goes by, revisions are made to that part (eg. A, B, C...) and these revision levels are shown in the part print, and automatically updated, by using the "$PRP:"Revision" command.

Now... there exists an assembly that uses this part and in this assembly there is a BOM. The BOM obviously lists the part number, but I want it to also list the Revision level from the component part DRAWING. The SW guy had a manual way of doing it by creating a custom property in the part itself and entering a revision level there, but that would mean that for every part I did a rev on, I'd have to go back to the 3D model and manually update the rev in there. That is not an acceptable solution, especially when an assembly might have hundreds of parts.

Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[JMirisola]

So when you rev the model you don't bump the rev on the model, only on the drawing?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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[J-C]

You have to store the Revision property in the model file for it to work in the BOM. The BOM as no way to know which parts have drawings to get it from there.

The only automated way is to write a VB program that finds the drawings for each part in the assembly and adds the revision property to each part file.

Jason

SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[timeline1968]

Well, that should be easy since I know absolutely nothing about VB except how to spell it.

The rep alluded to that solution as well. Thanks.

 

[CADGemini]

timeline1968,

I am curious to know if you are using PDMWorks to control the revisions of your parts?

If you have PDMWorks available but are not using it you should. It will automatically assign the revision to the part, assembly, and drawing upon check-in.

You may also want to search the internet for SolidWorks batch programs that will allow you to assign the revision property to multiple files, among other things.

We use PDMWorks and also have a BOM template which has a Revision column to list the revision of each component listed in the BOM. Screws, nuts, etc. have an N/A for revision unless it is a custom part we have a drawing for.


Best Regards,
Jon Knabenschuh

Gemini CAD Solutions

http://www.geminicadworks.com

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Solidworks 2007

 

[ctopher]

Remember, PDMW is not intended for rev control, it is for file management, showing revisions.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
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[fcsuper]

Chris, that's how most of us use it, but there are some out there what are using it for rev control.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

 

[ctopher]

Matt,
I agree.
If it were designed for rev control, then this thread would have a quick answer how to do it.
I would like to see PDMW move toward rev control to make BOMs easier to control.
Thanks.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
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