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Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

kollerr — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:39:26 GMT

Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

Is there any way I can take all of my ipt's and get a list of all of my
sheetmetal parts,sorted by thickness? I find it more and more necessary to do so I can fill in
sheet nests. Can I add somehow SM thickness to BOM? Any Ideas would be great.

Re: Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

blandb — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:27:01 GMT

Are you wanting to sort them in the parts list, BOM of the assembly, or in the model browser? If you sort by BOM in the assembly first, when you place a parts in a drawing it will automatically be sorted. Are you wanting the decimal "Thickness" parameter in the parts list, or are you wanting the GA description such as 10, 12, 14 GA? Do you want it in its own column, or just in the description of the material?

Re: Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

mikejones — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:04:03 GMT

If you export the Thickness parameter of your sheet metal components as a number then it can be used in a BOM / Partslist for all sorts of things including sorting. Have a look at the video link below.

The best advice would be to change your sheet metal template so that the export of the thickness parameter is done for all new parts. For legacy files, you could create a bit of iLogic code that could set that for you.

https://autode.sk/3OLOKVq

Mike

Re: Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

mikejones — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:24:42 GMT

Did you manage to sort your partslist correctly?

Re: Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

kollerr — Fri, 06 May 2022 07:20:22 GMT

Thank you very much, everything that i needed!

Re: Can I Sort ipt's by Sheet Thickness?

mikejones — Fri, 06 May 2022 08:05:53 GMT

You're welcome, glad to help