I wholeheartedly agree! We sometimes make more than one copy of a machine
at the same time-- does the detail quantity reflect the whole project or one
machine? How about spares that may be made for some parts and sent along
with the machine-- are they included?
A part drawing describes how to make a part. A purchasing document (PO,
handwritten note stuck to the paper drawing, whatever) tells how many to
make, where and when they're to be delivered, how payment is going to be
arranged, etc.
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Sam
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis
"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:4992419@discussion.autodesk.com...
Not easily. You'd be looking at some custom VB to get this done.
We also make custom machines and we do not include the qty on the part.
This is why...
A part is a part. The BOM and assy IDW is what controls how many time I use
this part. While it's rare for us to reuse a part on separate machines it
does sometime happen. Now the QTY on the part for the first project might be
different from that of the second.
IMHO the BOM is king and repeating that info anywhere else is asking for
problems.
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Sean Dotson
RND Automation & Engineering
www.mcadforums.com
wrote in message news:4992417@discussion.autodesk.com...
Our company designs and builds custom Industrial Mach's. Can
anyone tell me if there is a way to link the "BOM" Qty of a part to a title
block in an IDW. It would be faster an more accurate if this could be
done automatically.
