I went through the tutorial and still don't see a way to effectively use the
rollup options to show the total mass in a parts list. For one thing,
suppose I have an assembly with 20 parts that are all completely different.
In other words, for each field in the parts list, each of the 20 parts has a
unique entry. In that case, which key would I rollup? Unless I create a
dummy field that doesn't show and place a common value in that field for all
20 parts, I can't rollup them up into a single line item. (Would IV even
let me rollup a key that doesn't show in the parts list?) And then, even if
I have a field that I can use, when I do rollup all parts into a single row
and do the property substitution (Mass for Mass + Sum of Values), I get the
total mass value, but it also condenses my original parts lists that
displayed the 20 individual parts. Even if I select a different view on
which to base the parts list, IV won't let me have both the original and
rolled-up parts lists at the same time.
Like KMC said, I just want to total a column. If someone has a better
methodology, please spell it out for me. I may be missing something simple
here. However, I would think that it would be a fairly trivial matter for
ADSK to add a check box to the parts list dialog that would allow us to
display total mass if desired. It is not like the system doesn't already
know that information. Maybe the standard practices in the industries I
have worked are unique, but the total mass of an assembly has always been
required information on drawings. (And don't get me started on the
inability to format a column in a parts list to display feet-inches.)
Thanks,
Blane
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