QTY and sketch Library

[johan.degreef]

I think one can make a Sketch Symbol with a variable (iproperty) in it. Could this variable be linked to an assembly (you can choose) to have a sticker on the drawing with the QTY it needs to be produced?

[YannickEnrico]

You can get a custom iProperty on your sketch symbol:

You just need an assembly with the custom iproperty in the drawing while defining the symbol.

After that you can remove the assembly and save copy as template.

When inserting it'll only be filled if the assembly (or part) has that custom iproperty.

Edit: If you want a QTY based on a main assembly, I think you need code to push that from the main assembly to the sub assembly - And then the drawing can only pull the properties from the attached model, so reusing the part or assembly in another configuration might not yield the same QTY

[A.Acheson]

Hi @johan.degreef 

Unfortuantely no easy out of the box way to get what you want on to a production drawing. The children (sub assembly) don't know where to find the parent and retrieve the qty. This information should be displayed on the parent assembly drawing or in the work/assembly orders in the inventory software.

As @YannickEnrico mentioned there is ways by code to achieve the qty but really they are long work arounds and you need to fire the code to ensure the qty remains accurate therefore bringing in human error and mistakes.

One workaround method is to detail the drawing from the parent assembly and then the view has a reference to the parent. You can then match the sub assembly qty to the Assembly BOM and insert the qty in a static text. In this way you have no iproperties to update and contaminate your standard sub assembly. 

Another code workaround would be to launch a rule from the sub assembly drawing asking  the user to browse for the parent assembly and then you can match the part number to the bom and retrieve the qty. 

Or another alternative is to launch a rule from the parent assembly to look for the sub assembly drawing allready open and add the qty from the parent BOM.