We have some geometry that should show up in the drawing, but not the Parts List. Setting BOMStructure = :reference removes it successfully from the parts list, but it also removes it from the drawing graphics. Is there a way to have parts show up in the graphics, but not the parts list?
I believe :Phantom is what you want, but it didn't work for me when I tried it just now.
Search for "bom structure" in the Inventor documentation for an explanation.
Thanks and it seems you are on to something, but I couldn't get it to work either. According to the docs it seems like :Phantom is the right thing.
If I just try to set the BOMStructure manually for the Inventor part in the Inventor UI, it only gives two choices {:Default, :Reference}. I don't see any way to manually set it to Phantom.
Also, it isn't clear from the ETO docs why there is both a BOMStructure (with options of :Default and :Reference) and a DefaultBOMStructure (with options of :Normal, :Inseparable :Purchased :Phantom :Reference)
I tried all the combinations I could think of for BOMStructure and DefaultBOMStructure in ETO to see if i could get it to work... but no luck.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Scott
Scott,
This is Inventor behavior. You have to set the document itself to Phantom. As a component in an assembly, you can only set it to Default or Reference. The other settings are considered to be properties of the document itself, and not of a particular instance.
Believe you already solved it....
If you set it to reference in the BOM, it will be shown as a dotted line on your drawing but disappear in the BOM.
If you set it to Phantom it will disappear in the BOM but show as normal on the drawing.
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