Sub-assemblies "disabled" in BOM

[jlane]

I'm trying to change the BOM structure of some sub-assemblies from "Normal" to "Phantom".  However, some are displayed as disabled and therefore do not allow any changes/overrides.  How can I enable these in the BOM?

Thanks.

[mrattray]

Looks like they're suppressed. You'll have to unsuppress them to make a change.

[jlane]

I had thought of that as well when I was trying to make the change.  I just double-ckecked to be sure, and they are not supressed.  I have the "Master" LOD and "Default" Representation view active.  Also, none of the sub-assemblies have been checked out (although I don't think this is the problem since I was able to successfully make the "Phantom" change to some of them).

Some of these sub-assemblies have been placed as views in drawings for annotation (using balloons).  Might this have anything to do with the "disabling" that's occuring?  Or, any other ideas?  Thanks!

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi jlane,

Is it possible that those file are read-only? When I encounter this kind of thing that is most often the issue.

Edit: I just noticed in your second reply the mentioning of "not checked out" which I suspect is indeed the issue.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[jlane]

Thanks Curtis! 

Yes, that was the difference.  It turns out that some of my local copies of the sub-assemblies were "write-enabled" even though they weren't checked out from Vault.  These were the ones I was able to change to "Phantom".  The others were "Read-only" just as you predicted.

So in the end, it looks like you need to have the sub-assemblies checked out if you want to change their BOM structure within the parent assembly.