BOM and Parts List Frame Generator Length Tip

[FireBallFab]

Hi all,

I'm sure this isn't new, but it was new to me so I thought I'd share!

I was having a difficult time getting my parts list to be reasonable. After a few iterations, I settled on this:

In the Content Center Editor, I right-click on the Shape name and open the Family Table (first pic). Then I rename my part number with an equals sign and <G_L>. 

Like this (where 075000 is my part number):

=075000 x <G_L>

When this gets populated in the BOM, it keeps the Part Number and adds the " x " and then the G_L number. 

This allows grouping of the part numbers in the BOM a snap! Just make sure to tick the box for the Part Number Row Merge!

And the parts list:

I hope this helps someone out. Like I said before, I'm sure this is not new, and I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this, but it works for me!

[FireBallFab · Accepted solution]

Marking as solved...

[joaopirotta]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible formatting a part number column to suppression 2 decimal place after the period?

Exemple:

From 063000 x 49.000 in to 063000 x 49 in

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! This is actually a bit tricky to do. If you want to do that, you would need to alter the format of the length parameter, which is used in an expression to create the Part Number. If I recall correctly, the length parameter precision display of the Frame members is dictated by the assembly hosting the frame.

This is easier to do if you start from scratch. It is a bit tricky if you already have files on disk. Please feel free to share an example (iam and ipt files) so forum experts can help take a look.

Many thanks!

[joaopirotta]

Hi! follow link to download the files: https://a360.co/2MP8k5I

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Many thanks for sharing the files! Like I mentioned, this is tricky to do. If you want to do it automatically, you will need to change the expression in the CC library. And, also change the display precision in the templates and files.

The quickest way is the low tech way. Just manually change it in the BOM Part Number column or individually in the part file.

Many thanks!