What does this blue box mean

[arbuckle]

What does the blue box around the Item number mean?

[*Andrew Faix (Autodesk)]

It means the field has been over-written and is different from the
primary data source. In this case, the assembly BOM "owns" the item
number, and there's an override in the parts list.
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Andrew Faix
Product Designer
Autodesk Inventor

[*Bob S.]

And, you can "Save Overrides to BOM" to change them back to the
normal (non-blue outline). Also note that this Item "override"
is not the same as "overriding" the item number in the balloon
(right side option in change item number box).

Andrew Faix (Autodesk) wrote:
> It means the field has been over-written and is different from the
> primary data source. In this case, the assembly BOM "owns" the item
> number, and there's an override in the parts list.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain this a little more.

Does the assembly have a numbering system to the parts? Is it different than the drawing? Why can I not always "save overrides" back to the assembly?

[*Andrew Faix \(Autodesk\)]

In R11, when you initially create a parts list, the item numbering comes
from the assembly BOM. Think of the parts list as a formatted BOM report.

If you make a change to the item number through the parts list editor, we
treat it as an override to the BOM-defined item number. If you want to keep
the BOM and Parts List item numbering synchronized, you can save the item
overrides back to the BOM. After this command is executed, the edit cells
are no longer treated as overrides.

Saving overrides is only provided for item number edits at this time.

Does that answer your questions?


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Andrew Faix
Product Designer
Autodesk Inventor


wrote in message news:5439969@discussion.autodesk.com...
Can someone explain this a little more.

Does the assembly have a numbering system to the parts? Is it different than
the drawing? Why can I not always "save overrides" back to the assembly?

[Anonymous]

Sort of.......Just to get it straight....

1) I create a drawing.

2) I create a bom / parts list on the drawing.

3) The parts bom / parts list has the numbers in a weird order. eg item numbers go 2 5 8 9 10 13 15

4) I hit renumber to get the item numbers into order
eg 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6.....

5) The boxes turn blue and the orderride option highlights
thus meaning that the drawing order is different from the assembly order...RIGHT?

6) Now here is where I get a problem. Some times I can hit the override button and the blue boxes go away. HOWEVER sometimes the blue boxes will not go away and the numbers will not reorder?

Now inorder to get the overides do all the assemblies and sub assemblies and parts have to be checked out? Have I done something wrong in this process? Do I have a clitch with my installation? Any Ideas

[*Andrew Faix \(Autodesk\)]

Well first, I'm going to stand up on my terminology soapbox and reinforce
the notion that a parts list and a BOM are two different things. So you're
placing a parts list on a drawing, not a BOM.

Answer to step # 5 - yes, you're right.

Step 6. I don't know of any reason why the Save Override command wouldn't
work. If / when you notice it again, please send me your dataset (drawing
and models) so I can have someone in development review it.

Thanks,


--
Andrew Faix
Product Designer
Autodesk Inventor


wrote in message news:5440049@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sort of.......Just to get it straight....

1) I create a drawing.

2) I create a bom / parts list on the drawing.

3) The parts bom / parts list has the numbers in a weird order. eg item
numbers go 2 5 8 9 10 13 15

4) I hit renumber to get the item numbers into order
eg 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6.....

5) The boxes turn blue and the orderride option highlights
thus meaning that the drawing order is different from the assembly
order...RIGHT?

6) Now here is where I get a problem. Some times I can hit the override
button and the blue boxes go away. HOWEVER sometimes the blue boxes will not
go away and the numbers will not reorder?

Now inorder to get the overides do all the assemblies and sub assemblies and
parts have to be checked out? Have I done something wrong in this process?
Do I have a clitch with my installation? Any Ideas

[Anonymous]

Ok as for the parts list / bom. Now I'm a little mixed up.

Does the parts list function different than the Bom?

I had thought they were one in the same.

[*Andrew Faix \(Autodesk\)]

Yes, quite.

As I said, the Parts List is a formatted report of the BOM.

The parts list is essentially annotation where the BOM is more like a
database.


--
Andrew Faix
Product Designer
Autodesk Inventor


wrote in message news:5440347@discussion.autodesk.com...
Ok as for the parts list / bom. Now I'm a little mixed up.

Does the parts list function different than the Bom?

I had thought they were one in the same.

[*Troy Grose]

The BOM is sort of the master list for all the parts/sub-assemblies in
your assy. The parts list is just a representation of that BOM.

Although if you create a legacy parts list then it is not in fact
referencing the BOM. This was swtiched in R10 with the introduction of
all this BOM nonsense.

In order to pretty much do anything in your BOM related parts list you
have to edit the BOM to do so. Editing in the parts list will give you
the blue static value, which is represented by the blue border around
your the cell. These values will not update when the assembly updates,
thus possibly giving you an incorrect value in your parts list. So any
value that is not the same in the parts list as it is in the BOM will be
represented with this blue border. RMC on the blue cell and checking
"static" will remove this override.

Personally if you want to bypass all this craziness then I would create
a legacy parts list. This option is available when you first create your
parts list.

Legacy parts list are still my personal fan favourite. The new BOM
related parts list is still messed up beyond usability for my liking, so
I don't bother to use it at all.

rzazuliak wrote:
> Ok as for the parts list / bom. Now I'm a little mixed up.
>
> Does the parts list function different than the Bom?
>
> I had thought they were one in the same.