I have made custom column in BOM table which is a mix of consecutive numbers for purchased components and detail numbers for manufactured components.
I want to link custom column "DETAIL" to BOM balloon.
So far, I was not able to accomplish this. Is it even possible to do something like this?
If you added that column and all the information manually then I don't believe there's any way to link it to a balloon. If, however, you set up a custom property in your part files and called out that custom property in your BOM then you can link balloons to it.
Glenn,
I did not type anything in the BOM table. Values for DETAIL column are taken as follows:
IF('SUPPLIER'="MY COMPANY NAME";`PART_DETAIL_BOM_NUMBER`;'ITEM NO.')
This equation pulls parameter PART_DETAIL_BOM_NUMBER if part is manufactured by "MY COMPANY NAME" or ITEM NO. if part is purchased.
ITEM NO. is just sequential number on BOM table.
As Glenn mentioned you can link custom properties to you balloon.
Samir,
My "DETAIL" column does not show up in this dropdown list. I would expect that SolidWorks would give me the option of selecting available columns from my BOM but it does not.
As Glenn mentioned earlier you can not link if it is not custom properties assigned in model.
BOM balloon is in relation to BOM or in relation to property? It sound awkward to have BOM balloon custom property in model to be able to link it to the balloon. If that's the case, I will have to assign my "DETAIL" column values to this new custom property for each model. But, what happens if one model is a purchased item that I am using in different assemblies?
