Disable BOMs of a 3D-model in a DWF

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm writing a small tool for Inventor 2012 in VB.net, using the TranslatorAddIn, to export a drawing and its 3D-model to DWF. Unfortunately, when I export the drawing of an assembly, the BOM of the model is included as well, wich I would like to disable.

The options "BOM_Structured" and "BOM_Parts_Only" seem to work only if I export the 3D-model, not the drawing...

Does anyone know if there is a way to access the properties of the included 3D-model?

Thanks in advance.

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

There is not such option to disable BOM exporting currently. Sorry if this is bad news for you.

[xiaodong_liang · Accepted solution]

I got a workaround and wrote a blog for you:

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/11/disable-boms-of-a-3d-model-in-a-dwf.html

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply.

The workaround you suggest works fine. Unfortunately, I have another problem now:

In our company, we use Vault. The changes in the assembly dirty the document, so you'd need to check-out the file.

I attached a file with a solution, using a ChangeProcessor to disable the BOMs, and undo the changes using the TransactionManager.

By setting the ChangeType of the ChangeProcessor to "kQueryOnlyCmdType", the document is considered "not dirty" after undoing the transaction, so at the end, all documents (The drawing and the assemblies) are in their initial state, i.e. not dirty.

When disabling the BOMs, though, the user is still prompted to check-out the file.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Vault-messages? Or another way to "hide" the changes from Inventor?

[adam.nagy · Accepted solution]

Hi Roland,

I don't think we have much control over the vault AddIn.
Two things I can think of:
1) try to unload the vault addin
2) or just create a copy of the drawing and work with that instead
Cheers,

[Anonymous]

Hello Adam,

I didn't think of this. I tried your first suggestion, and it works like a charm.

I will mark Xiadon Liangs post as solution, since it solves the problem of my initial post, but I'd mark yours too if it were possible... (Didn't know that it actually IS possible )

Thanks for your help!