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We are trying to figure out how to detail out parts and running into a wall
Okay the gist of the issue. We where a Mechanical Desktop shop for basically forever. I am the second person and I have never used the old program as they are trying to switch everything to inventor. Now I can program but I am at a loss for how to start with this process. See below for what the process is.
So we work in sub assemblies to make Automation machines. We call them Heads or Stations depending on what the machine is. These sub assemblies can sometimes contain the exact same parts. The issue we are running into is how do we keep the parts lists generating automatically with the Item #, QTY (From all the different Sub Assemblies), The other variables we have are some custom variables consisting of what sheet it is on (This is important with how our system currently works from the MDT days), A Hardness if required for Steel parts, and a Finish. We can get the custom variables to fill in as needed.
The Crux of the issue is when we do the detailing for the individual parts we are putting multiple parts to fill a sheet being D size sheets to save paper from having to print 50+ Sheets for every single job we will need to do.
So far the only way we have been able to do all of this with some what of an automated process is to use Design view representations for each sub assembly then for each part in the Sub assembly. However the issue lays that after you make all of these how do you stop the additional parts that get added in after you set your views from showing up on every single Design View Rep? And then using the Tables to show a detail stamp how do you keep the tables from populating extra numbers that aren't needed. Basically the only we have figured out how to do this is to go through every view rep to turn off the new part(s) then go through every single table and turn them off on the tables. Is there any way to make this an automatic process?
Included are files for what we are doing to give some examples of what the current process is. Basically we are at the point of can we customize this to do what we are needing or do we have to change our process to fit the software everywhere I have been details are their own sheets and you have to manually adjust the QTY, ITEM #, and all other Variables needed to be shown. I attached a PDF of what our detail sheet would be looking like. If I can get a starting point I can probably run with it.