Model States to Control BOM Structure

[rodney.pudneyTNG8B]

It would be great to be able to control the BOM structure based on the model state.  We have a sitatuion where we need a assembly to show as a 'Purchased' or 'Normal' BOM in some drawings (customer facing) and a phantom in manufacture drawings.   I know you can use the 'Structured' and 'PARTS ONLY' BOM's that can do something similar but its quite cumbersome and doesn't always give us the results we want.. 

[RajSchmidt]

Do you mean that I could have/create a state based on BOM properties? I.e. that I set a number of parts to “Reference” and then create a MS “No Ref parts” where all those are suppressed? Sounds interesting…

[mgkingston]

I agree.  My product assemblies contain the different options and variations of our product line.  Trying to output the BOM for a specific product to an ERP system is ridiculously difficult. The BOM should not list, include or calculate any parts that are suppressed in the Model State, period.  I was kind of counting on that when I started building our product models.  Boy was I wrong.  So, how long before we see some action on this front?  Our ERP is going live in a couple of months.

[mgkingston]

I agree.  My product assemblies contain the different options and variations of our product line.  Trying to output the BOM for a specific product to an ERP system is ridiculously difficult. The BOM should not list, include or calculate any parts that are suppressed in the Model State, period.  I was kind of counting on that when I started building our product models.  Boy was I wrong.  So, how long before we see some action on this front?  Our ERP is going live in a couple of months.

[dpeters1]

YES!!

Allow different default BOM structures for different Model States!

Or else (or both) allow override of BOM structure within assemblies to ANY BOM structure.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/add-phantom-as-a-bom-status-option-within-the-assembly...