Changing ballon shape adds length to balloon

Changing ballon shape adds length to balloon

sbromley
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Changing ballon shape adds length to balloon

sbromley
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Yet another  question.

If I change the shape of a balloon for a pipe in my drawing to rectangular the balloon also contains the pipe length as well as the item number. It does it for all pipe lengths. How do I stop it?

 

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Total Length is set to QTY if this has anything to do with it. This follows on from previous questions about cumulative lengths in parts lists.

 

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sbromley
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I'd delete if I could.

The answer is delete the QTY column under the Styles Editor and chose the ballon type,

 

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johnsonshiue
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Hi! If I understood the issue correctly, you would like to call out individual pipe pieces as different items and also balloon type, right? In this case, you will need to make a few changes in the BOM table and PartsList. I recalled we discussed this issue before.

 

1) Open the assembly -> go to BOM table -> disable "Merge Rows when Part Numbers match" option. The pipes will be listed individually as rows.

2) In the PartsList, you will need to enable Group setting. Group by Part Number.

 

Regarding the balloon shape, you will need to create a different balloon style for the pipe pieces, different than the default balloon style.

Many thanks!



Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
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