Custom iProperty in BOM?

[henryjoseph9804]

Hi everyone,

I am currently trying to get my custom iProperty (DRW Number) into a custom column on my BOM.

I am however having some trouble and would appreciate your guidance! I have a top lvl assembly with 3 sub-assemblies. I want each individual sub-assy to have its own unique drawing number, which I will create in the custom iproperties.

The trouble I am having is for this unique column to reflect in my BOM. Not too sure what I am doing wrong. Below is the custom created iproperty field in the sub-assembly.

I then go to my BOM in the idw. created a new property

After this I format the column and select substitution at which point I select the custom iProperty.

This unfortunately leaves me with a BOM that has the column but not the data.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

I will try to set it up in my template so that this will be automated if I use the right idw. iam. & ipt. (Once I fully understand this)

Thanks

[YannickEnrico · Accepted solution]

You're going about this the right way, although case substition depends on the rest of the assembly and instance properties.

I have had some trouble getting it to work, and I went and deleted the iProperties from both parts and BOM, and then I reintroduced them.

You have to make sure that the custom iProperty name is identical on both drawing and assembly.

The property is not case sensitive, but it is character sensitive

[henryjoseph9804]

Hi @YannickEnrico ,

Thanks for the reply!

So my custom created iproperty in the sub-assy file matches the column heading perfectly in my BOM. Whether I substitute or not when formatting the column doesn't change the result.

I am not too sure what I am missing. Could you perhaps do a step-by-step of what you did to accomplish this?

Thanks!

[henryjoseph9804]

@YannickEnrico , Your instructions were clear but my understanding was not!

I re-read it and followed your steps stated and it now works. 

Thanks a bunch man! Your assistance is greatly appreciated!