BOM Sort not working Properly

[saseendrankombath]

Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument

    Set oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oSheet As Sheet

    Set oSheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet

    Dim oDrawingView As DrawingView

    Set oDrawingView = oSheet.DrawingViews(1)

   Dim oAssydoc As AssemblyDocument

   Set oAssydoc = oDrawingView.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument

   Dim oBOM As BOM

   Set oBOM = oAssydoc.ComponentDefinition.BOM

   oBOM.StructuredViewEnabled = True

   oBOM.StructuredViewFirstLevelOnly = False

   Dim oBOMView As BOMView

   Set oBOMView = oBOM.BOMViews.Item("Structured")

   Call oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True, "Part Number", True, , True)

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The above line not working properly, It sorts only the first a criteria i.e. BOM Structure. And if change the first one to Part Number the only the part number will work. At any point of time only the first sorting criteria is working.

[saseendrankombath]

Is this a bug or something wrong in the above code?

[xiaodong_liang · Accepted solution]

Hi,

firstly, there is a typo in the last line. The TertiaryColumnTitle  is not set, while the TertiaryColumnAscending is set to true.

But this is not a problem. Even though I use Call oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True, "Part Number", True), the issue can reproduce. The second column is not sorted.

I logged this issue with the engineer team.

[saseendrankombath]

Thanks, Please Let me know if this is solved in upcomming updates.

[saseendrankombath]

The problem exists in Inventor 2014 also.

[jdkriek]

Good catch.

[mrattray]

Still an "issue" in Inventor 2015.

[MechMachineMan]

STILL an issue in 2016, 4 years later.

ie; Trying to sort BOM with a custom iProp column (Work Order #) sorted first, and mass sorted second.

Will sort mass just fine, but I can't set the option for what order to sort the custom iProp; it always sorts ascending even though it is completely numerical..

[foxrid3r]

Still an issue in Inventor Pro 2017.... Can someone please fix this?!

[jaro_farkas]

There is a way to sort BOM by more then one column:

Instead of trying to do it this way:

oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True, "Part Number", True)

Do it this way: first sort by the second column and then by the first.

oBOMView.Sort("Part Number", True)

oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True)

[jaro_farkas]

There is a way to sort BOM by more then one column:

Instead of trying to do it this way:

oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True, "Part Number", True)

Do it this way: first sort by the second column and then by the first.

oBOMView.Sort("Part Number", True)

oBOMView.Sort("BOM Structure", True)

[rhasell]

Hi

Actually, this never works properly. You might get lucky, but don't bank on it. I guess it depends on your environment, but I had some strict sorting rules, and they never really worked consistently.

I have found that sorting in the drawing environment to be the most stable.

Create a dummy drawing and place all the Parts Lists in there. Using iLogic, you can sort multiple parts lists with a few mouse clicks.

These can then write back to the assemblies, and give a consistent BOM sort. (I wrote some code the other day to sort the BOM by item number, you cant go wrong with that one, LOL)