When I create a bill of materials for my assembly, I get 3 blank rows that show no part number, description, etc...
I've gone over my drawing and everything else it accounted for.
I do have a few sub assemblies within my main assembly, could that be causing the problem?
Is it possible that at one time the three blank rows were inserted and then the table was saved as a BOM template, and that's the template you're using by default?
I don't think so, it's only started doing this with 2 recent models that I've been working on.
It depends on where your template for the bill of material is pulling its information from.
It sounds to me like you have all fields pulled from custom properties and you have 3 components (could be sub assemblies or parts) that don't have those custom properties assigned.
alternate question: Do you ALWAYS get 3 blank rows using that BOM template? If so, then the problem may be in the template itself instead.
I do use custom properties, I have custom properties assigned to the parts in my sub assemblies but for the sub assembly I left the properties blank if that makes sense.
no I do not always get 3 blank rows, just started with these last two drawings I've been working on.
side note, I've updated to 2019 and the last two times I've done spell check solidworks has crashed on me.
Your sub assemblies are considered components of your main assembly. If you want the parts inside your sub assembly to propagate to the BOM for the main assembly, then open the sub assembly, and promote it
See these:
2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Examples - Child Component Display Properties
2018 SOLIDWORKS Help - Configuration Properties PropertyManager
Hello,
For the items in question, if you expand the BOM (red rectangle), right-click a misbehaving item's magnifying glass and select zoom to selection...where are you taken to?
Kevin
As I was about to say; Step one - Make sure the blank rows are connected to a SW component. Step two, check that component's properties for what the BOM is looking for.
yeah it was extra nuts, bolts, and washers that I saved. can you save nuts, bolts, washers as parts and add them to an assembly? what I've been doing is taking them from the tool box libary inserting them in my assembly and the just filling in the bill of materials. not sure what I need to do to make them their own parts with properties.
This help, the blank items are some how different named nuts, washers, and bolts. I must've some how duplicated a few of my hardware parts ( bolts, washers, nuts.)
Hello again,
Also, in the referenced assembly, what happens on a zoom to fit?
Does what you expect to see center up nicely? And to proportion?
Or are you zoomed out because of some lost creature that wandered away from base camp?
Kevin
Thanks everyone, I figured it out, I wasn't giving some of my hardware (bolts, nuts, washers) properties.
Tim Muir wrote:
Thanks everyone, I figured it out, I wasn't giving some of my hardware (bolts, nuts, washers) properties.
I'm glad your issue is settled.
Since it was due to properties, please modify your post so the correct reply that remedied the situation is selected:
Kevin
It depends on where your template for the bill of material is pulling its information from.
It sounds to me like you have all fields pulled from custom properties and you have 3 components (could be sub assemblies or parts) that don't have those custom properties assigned.
alternate question: Do you ALWAYS get 3 blank rows using that BOM template? If so, then the problem may be in the template itself instead.