Changing Bill of Material "Base Unit"

[Bgoffard]

I cannot seem to find the proper nomenclature to use to change the Base Unit (Document Settings, Bill of Materials Tab) 

I am calling a named parameter, I need the parameter to remain as inches but I would like to change the Base Unit to feet. We use the value in inches in a cut list but the value as feet for the bill of material. 

Is there a way to change this using iLogic, without having to manually change it in the dialog box?

[JelteDeJong]

have a look at this post:

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2014/10/inventor-virtual-component-assign-base-quantity... 

[Bgoffard]

I have the customization to change the Base Quantity, was hoping to add a line to change the Base Units from "in" to "ft"

[JhoelForshav · Accepted solution]

Hi @Bgoffard 

In order to do this you need to have base quantity set to a parameter. This example code sets the base quantity to a parameter named "Length" in the document, then sets the base unit to "ft".

Hope this helps!

Dim doc As Document = ThisDoc.Document

doc.ComponentDefinition.BOMQuantity.SetBaseQuantity(BOMQuantityTypeEnum.kParameterBOMQuantity, Parameter.Param("Length"))
doc.ComponentDefinition.BOMQuantity.BaseUnits = "ft"

[Bgoffard]

This did it!

Thank you for your help.

[b_ruijter]

How can I set them back to "Eatch", standard?

[WCrihfield]

Hi @b_ruijter.  Maybe you are looking for something like this?

Dim oDoc As Inventor.Document = ThisDoc.Document
If (Not TypeOf oDoc Is AssemblyDocument) AndAlso (Not TypeOf oDoc Is PartDocument) Then Return
Dim oBOMQty As BOMQuantity = oDoc.ComponentDefinition.BOMQuantity
Dim eQtyType As BOMQuantityTypeEnum
Dim oQty As Object = Nothing
oBOMQty.GetBaseQuantity(eQtyType, oQty)
If eQtyType = BOMQuantityTypeEnum.kParameterBOMQuantity Then
	Try
		oBOMQty.SetBaseQuantity(BOMQuantityTypeEnum.kEachBOMQuantity)
		oBOMQty.BaseUnits = "Each"
	Catch ex As Exception
		Logger.Error("Error setting BOM Base Quantity to 'Each'!" _
		& vbCrLf & ex.Message)
	End Try
End If

Otherwise, could you please explain in more detail what you need?