AutoCAD Plant 3D

[#1]

I am having an issue with custom parts not being added to the BOM, they are shown on the ISO but have no part ID number and no info in the BOM. All other parts for the spec show up in the BOM. I have even taken a .pcf file I created and iso'd in 2011 and performed a "pcf to iso" run on it. The 2012 version still fails to add custom parts to the BOM, even on pcf created ion 2011. Is there a setting in the isoconfig.xml that I missing? Please help. 

Chad

[#2]

Hello Chad,

I have forwarded your question to our Isometrics Team. They should be able to provide more information soon.

Thanks,

Raj Inugala.

[#3]

Chad,

By default, instruments are not output to the BOM table in the out-of-box styles. Looking at the iso image that you attached, I suspect that you have added custom part instruments.

To add instruments to the BOM table, please add a new group for Instruments to the AggregatedList/Groups element. As an illustration, I have added such a group at the end of the XML snippet below. Hopefully, that should fix your problem. Please let us know if the below suggestion does not resolve the issue that you are seeing.

        <Groups>
          <!-- 'UseAlternateUnitsStyle': 'true' or 'false' -->
          <!--    Designates if the alternate units should style be used to format (pipe length) -->
          <!--    measurements in this data list. -->
          <Group Name="PIPE" UseAlternateUnitsStyle="true">
            <!-- An expression that is used to filter which rows are included in the list -->
            <!-- Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.datacolumn.expression.aspx -->
            <!-- for expression syntax. -->
            <RowFilter Filter="Pipe" />
            <!-- List of 'Label' configurations -->
            <Labels>
              <!-- 'Label': (string) -->
              <!--    The label of the group. Used only in table templates. -->
              <Label Name="pipe" />
            </Labels>
            <!-- List of columns to group rows by -->
            <Columns>
              <!-- 'name': (string); Column name -->
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
              <Column Name="Description" />
            </Columns>
            <!-- Specifies the sort columns and sort order -->
            <!-- 'SortBy': (string); Contains the column name followed by a space and 'ASC' (ascending) or 'DESC' (descending). -->
            <!-- Columns are sorted ascending by default. Multiple columns can be separated by commas. -->
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="FITTINGS">
            <RowFilter Filter="BOMFitting"/>
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="fittings" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="OLETS">
            <RowFilter Filter="Olet" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="olets" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="FLANGES">
            <RowFilter Filter="Flange" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="flanges" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="FASTENERS">
            <RowFilter Filter="Fastener" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="fasteners" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
              <Column Name="Size" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="VALVES">
            <RowFilter Filter="Valve" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="valves" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="PIPE SUPPORTS">
            <RowFilter Filter="Support" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="pipe supports" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>
          <Group Name="INSTRUMENTS">
            <RowFilter Filter="Instrument" />
            <Labels>
              <Label Name="Instruments" />
            </Labels>
            <Columns>
              <Column Name="Category" />
              <Column Name="Code" />
            </Columns>
            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />
          </Group>      
   </Groups>

Thanks.

Ratti.

[#4]

Chad

Thanks for the quick response, but the solution you posted above did not fix the issue for me. I have attached a .pcf file and the associated iso that was created. Maybe these files will help you.

Thanks,

[#5]

Add below into </AggregatedList> in isoconfig.xml

          <Group Name="Instrument">

            <Labels>

               <Label Name=”instrument” />

            </Labels>

              <Columns>

              <Column Name="Category"/>

              <Column Name="Code"/>

            </Columns>

            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC"/>

              <RowFilter Filter="Instrument"/>

          </Group>

E.g. Red text are the location which should be added.

<Group Name="PIPE SUPPORTS">

            <RowFilter Filter="Support" />

            <Labels>

              <Label Name="pipe supports" />

            </Labels>

            <Columns>

              <Column Name="Category" />

              <Column Name="Code" />

            </Columns>

            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC,Size ASC" />

          </Group>

                <Group Name="Instrument">

            <Labels>

               <Label Name="instrument" />

            </Labels>

              <Columns>

              <Column Name="Category"/>

              <Column Name="Code"/>

            </Columns>

            <Sort SortBy="Type ASC"/>

              <RowFilter Filter="Instrument"/>

          </Group>

        </Groups>

      </AggregatedList>

      <AggregatedList xsi:type="IsoCompositeDataListConfig" Name="ShopMaterials">

        <RowFilter Filter="ItemCodeNotNullAndCategoryFabItem" />

If BOM is separated into Fabrication & Erection items, then we should also add above into ShopMaterials and FieldMaterials </AggregatedList> as well.

-Vicky

[#6 · Accepted solution]

Chad,

Could you please check whether the "INSTRUMENTS <Instruments>" section shows up in the BOM Table int he dwt file?

1. Make the changes to isoconfig.xml as suggested in the other posts. You need to make this change in the iso style that you are testing with.

2. Go to Project Setup, Isometric DWG Settings, Title Block and Display. Click on "Setup Title Block" button. If you have the "Grouped with category titles" set in the Table Setup, you should see the BOM table show up as attached (BOM Table in dwt.png).

3. Now, exit all the way out of project setup and use PCF to Iso. Make sure that you choose the same Iso Style that you changed to enable display of Instruments in BOM Table.

The generated output dwg should have the Instruments section. See the attached images. That is what I see for the pcf that you sent.

If that still does not work, please zip up your entire style and then attach it to a message. We can debug further and determine the cause of the issue.

Thanks.

Ratti.

[#7]

Thanks Ratti, that was the solution.