Okay.
I will assume that you have at least inserted a component onto a Ladder diagram. I will also assume that this component will represent the 3 pole fuse block.
If you hover over the component in the schematic and Right Mouse Click, (for the rest of this discussion I will use RMC for this and LMC for Left Mouse Click) The context sensitive menu will appear. Select Edit. Somewhere in this dialog box there will be a button for "Cat Lookup" LMC this. This will access the Access database, default_cat.mdb where all the catalog parts are located in separate table grouped in like components. If the part does not exist yet, LMC "Add" to call up the "Add Parts catalog record (group)" (the group will correspond to the family that the component is part of; i.e. PLCIO, TRMS, SS,etc.) In this dialog box, enter all the pertinent information for the fuseblock. LMC the checkbox next to "As Main/sub" and in the text box to the left enter in an assembly name for this assembly (I would suggest FuseBlock01.) LMC "OK".
Now LMC "Add" again. This time, enter all the information for the fuse. In the upper right hand corner of this Dialog box, enter a "3" for the CNT value. This represents the number of each per assembly. LMC the checkbox next to "As sub" and LMC on the box labelled "List" right next to it. From this list select "FuseBlock01." LMC "OK." LMC "OK" again.
After adding components, the three fields at the top of this dialog box will reset. LMC the arrow in the MFG pulldown and select the manufacturer for the fuseblock. The fuseblock should appear in the big window below assuming that you do not have a lot of components from this manufacturer yet. Select it and then LMC "OK". LMC "OK." LMC "OK."
This should have set up the component to consist of (1) fuseblock and (3) fuses for each time you insert it. When you generate a BOM report in "Tallied Purchase List format" it will properly display the totals required.
If you have any more questions let me know.
Robert Hanrahan
Weigh Right Automatic Scale Co.
ACE User since 1997
Bob Hanrahan
Ace User since 1998
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