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cadman777
in reply to: A.Acheson

Thanx! It took some learning, but it was my first 'victory' over this b.s. that Autodesk has forced me to do (which really is THEIR job!). But thanx for the help, b/c it got me moved one more step closer to where I'm trying to go.

 

Yes, that approximates what I'm trying to accomplish. At the heart of it I'm trying to establish a way to list ALL of the parts in a top level assembly, then sort them, then filter them, so I can do various things with the resulting list, for example:

 

1. Create a new drawing and lay down all flatpattern views to fill up the sheet, and when it gets filled, open another drawing and repeat until all flatpattern views are created. I have a rule that sort of does that, but it skips some sheetmetal parts and adds some parts that are not sheetmetal parts. I have no idea why it does that or how to fix it. I've tried a number of things but none of them work.

 

2. Create a new drawing and lay down all single part detail views, with each part having an end view, r.h. view and view above the r.h. view, with the view label being under the first view (the end view). I tried to accomplish this using the knowledge that Mod the Machine and Mfgr's DEV Blog provide, along with Inventor Help, but I just can't figure out how to place the views a certain distance apart, or fill up a sheet, or any of the other stuff like above.

 

3. Update all view labels on a sheet full of flatpattern or detail drawings showing total quantity of parts required for the entire project (as well as other iProperties). I already have a rule that somewhat does that, but it always skips some parts in a big project. I have no idea why it does that or how to fix it. I've tried a number of things but none of them work.

 

4. The kinds of projects that cause me the most trouble making details are those were there are multiple sub-assemblies that use the same part file, or use a part file of different name but same everything else (created by FG and rolled up in the total parts BOM). For some reason I always have problems with the view labels updating or the flatpattern drawing views. This particular problem is one of the reasons I tried doing this using the BOM, b/c I read in one of the expert's web sites (can't recall where) that the BOM is where you can get a TRUE and FLAT list of all the parts, just like in the Parts Only BOM. I already tried 'AllReferencedParts', but that didn't work, so I tried the BOM method and it seems to work, somewhat. But figuring out why some things don't work is ridiculous, due to the amount of novice work that goes into troubleshooting such a thing.

 

Anyway, those are the kinds of things I'm trying to accomplish, and other things as well, such as automating the creation of structural connections, structural weldments, etc.

 

Thanx for helping!

... Chris
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