Adding a Custom field to Bolts

[Chassuer]

I was wondering if it is possible to add a custom field to a bolt. My company wants to be able to show the shop floor builders whether or not a bolt is being placed in the shop or if it is a field connection bolt. This keeps the guys from putting something together in the shop when it is not supposed to be put together until it reaches the field or customer site.

When i place a bolt i would like it to ask if it is field or shop bolt or just ask is this a field bolt, Y or N. Once it does this I can make sure the BOM has a column to look for this and show the Y or N in the BOM. Is this possible?

[RodrigoEiras]

Hi Chassuer,

I would say it is possible.

If you want any type of bolt to be field or shop mounted I think you should create, for each type of bolting element, two new families: one for shop mounting and another one for field mounting. Then you should add a custom property to both families and indicate whether they are shop or field mounted.

Later you can add that property to your BOM.

Here is a reference about how to copy content center to buil your customized parts

http://enceptia.com/using-content-center-editor-create-custom-content/

I hope this approach may be what you were looking for.

An easier approach is to add an empty column to the BOM and just add manually whether the part is field or shop mounted. This may not work if you have the same bolting element being mounted at the shop and on the field.