Inventor 8.0 Wishlist ~ Partslist

[Anonymous]

When you create your partslist or start ballooning. You can select the all
parts version and not the top level version so that it will give you a Grand
total of how many times that component is listed. That works fine but if you
for example a weldment it will list out the ribs as individual components
not as a Weldment Detail and there is no way to change that. I draw my
cylinder's as a .iam also so that I can control the stroke (engage and
disengage) and they show up as indivual components also.

I could use "Visible" but I add a Custom property "Det" so that the detail
number would show up in the Partslist. Another thing that I would like to
see, when you Balloon a job I want to use "Det" instead of Item so that when
I have a component in another sub assembly the number will be the same.

[Anonymous]

I agree to both counts. I design prog dies and would like to BOM with the
subassembly type of tree but have a column for total items used, maybe at
the first instance in the BOM. We also would rather see part number in the
ballon, not item.


"N.A.W." wrote in message
news:42E654B2242A0FA169692451E3CF3CC8@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> When you create your partslist or start ballooning. You can select the
all
> parts version and not the top level version so that it will give you a
Grand
> total of how many times that component is listed. That works fine but if
you
> for example a weldment it will list out the ribs as individual components
> not as a Weldment Detail and there is no way to change that. I draw my
> cylinder's as a .iam also so that I can control the stroke (engage and
> disengage) and they show up as indivual components also.
>
> I could use "Visible" but I add a Custom property "Det" so that the detail
> number would show up in the Partslist. Another thing that I would like to
> see, when you Balloon a job I want to use "Det" instead of Item so that
when
> I have a component in another sub assembly the number will be the same.
>
>

[Anonymous]

A option to be able to choose what you want in the balloon. Another thing
would a way to place add information in the "Comments" field next to the
ballon, for adding information about that component.

"Kevin Vallelunga" wrote in message
news:30E414EBA7F54A0EDD908DD3784C33EC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I agree to both counts. I design prog dies and would like to BOM with the
> subassembly type of tree but have a column for total items used, maybe at
> the first instance in the BOM. We also would rather see part number in the
> ballon, not item.
>
>
> "N.A.W." wrote in message
> news:42E654B2242A0FA169692451E3CF3CC8@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > When you create your partslist or start ballooning. You can select the
> all
> > parts version and not the top level version so that it will give you a
> Grand
> > total of how many times that component is listed. That works fine but if
> you
> > for example a weldment it will list out the ribs as individual
components
> > not as a Weldment Detail and there is no way to change that. I draw my
> > cylinder's as a .iam also so that I can control the stroke (engage and
> > disengage) and they show up as indivual components also.
> >
> > I could use "Visible" but I add a Custom property "Det" so that the
detail
> > number would show up in the Partslist. Another thing that I would like
to
> > see, when you Balloon a job I want to use "Det" instead of Item so that
> when
> > I have a component in another sub assembly the number will be the same.
> >
> >
>
>