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Change to phantom

eladm — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:06:30 GMT

Hello

I insert to assembly the same part couple of time ( 6 for example)

I want to change only 1 of them to phantom (to get QTY=5)

From the BOM I can't divide , but from the browser RMB-> BOM structure -> reference

I want phantom not referenced , how can I do that

I don't want to toggle visibility

regards

Re: Change to phantom

A.Acheson — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:09:50 GMT

The only method without using occurrence referenced is to create a new file. The occurrence has only 2 settings for bom structure default or referenced.

Keeping the original file, you could use referenced to remove the bom qty then hide the visibility of that occurrence.

Re: Change to phantom

RajSchmidt — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:56:42 GMT

AFAIK the “Phantom” setting is stored in the file itself. So, as @A.Acheson said, you would need a second file with a different BOM property. It is only the “Reference” setting which you can set per instance.

Re: Change to phantom

Gabriel_Watson — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:27:38 GMT

You can also manually edit your BOM quantity if you double-click that cell:

Re: Change to phantom

eladm — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 04:15:45 GMT

This wasn't the question . No manually change

Re: Change to phantom

theo.bot — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 04:36:04 GMT

@eladm

Why not using the using referenced? because of the drawing display? drawing views are the only place where you can see a difference compared to the other components. By default referenced data is displayed differently.

But you can set the hidden line calculation to "all bodies" and the display style to "Edges as part". set a larger margin value if you only see small part of a component.

The result will be a drawing view with components shown as "normal" components.