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BOM all levels greyed out

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Message 1 of 8
BarryZA
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BOM all levels greyed out

First I do this:

 

BOM1.png

 

then I open a new drawing, put down my assembly and get this:

 

BOM2.png

 

They say a picture says a thousand words, and after countless re-tries I'll let them do the talking. That way there's no swearing involved Cat Happy

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Message 2 of 8
jletcher
in reply to: BarryZA

Do you have any balloons on the assembly?

 

 If you do you will have to delete them then you will have control again.

Message 3 of 8
-niels-
in reply to: BarryZA

For as far as i can see everything is in order.
If you set "all levels" in the BOM then the part list will take the settings from the model.

The only time when you can select "all levels" when placing a parts list is if you haven't activated it in the model yet.

Any changes after placement/activation need to be done in the BOM anyway, so your workflow seems fine to me.

Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands

Message 4 of 8
jletcher
in reply to: -niels-

The only time when you can select "all levels" when placing a parts list is if you haven't activated it in the model yet.

 

  Never had to do this before is this new in 2014?

Message 5 of 8
BarryZA
in reply to: -niels-

I used a clean drawing, no balloons, no nothing.

 

I can only imagine that something has slipid in somewhere. I'll play around with another assembly this evening..

Message 6 of 8
-niels-
in reply to: jletcher

No, it's not new.
You do not "do this", it's something that gets done for you.

But maybe i'm not clear enough or i'm missing something...

So for clarity:
1. in the assembly open the Bill of Materials.
2. check if the Structured tab is enabled.
(like barry's first image)

If it's enabled like that, when you place a Parts list on the drawing the option for selecting "all levels" will be greyed out.

To see what i meant by my quote do the following:

1. in the assembly open the Bill of Materials and make sure the Structured and the Parts only tabs are disabled. (no lists shown)
2. go to the idw and place a parts list, you should now have the option to select which kind of BOM view you want.

Hope this is more clear...

Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands

Message 7 of 8
BarryZA
in reply to: -niels-

DONE!

 

Now I can RMB on the parts list edit parts list and "+" the sub-assembly(ies) I want to.

 

Thank-you Niels.

Message 8 of 8
-niels-
in reply to: BarryZA

Glad you got it sorted.

I'm kinda left with the feeling i didn't understand your initial problem, but that's alright.

Just remember that you can always go back to the Bill of Materials in the model and change the properties from there.

Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands

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