I'd like to model safety wire for fasteners in an assembly. Swept Boss Base isn't available in SW2020. Has anyone done this without modeling the wire as a part?
I'd like to model safety wire for fasteners in an assembly. Swept Boss Base isn't available in SW2020. Has anyone done this without modeling the wire as a part?
We use a blank part (nothing modeled) but all the information is there.
When you add the part to an assembly, all the correct info is shown in the BOM.
cheers
Greg Johnson wrote:
We use a blank part (nothing modeled) but all the information is there.
When you add the part to an assembly, all the correct info is shown in the BOM.
cheers
Good point. And using an IF statement as a condition in a new BOM column along with a custom property in your part, you can get the Quantity column to show something like "*" instead of a number, if needed.
yes Quantity property is built in to show "A/R" (as required)
if you don't care about the mass, maybe just a 3D sketch or curve?
personally I would likely use a virtual component, I needed something like this.
I'd like to model safety wire for fasteners in an assembly. Swept Boss Base isn't available in SW2020. Has anyone done this without modeling the wire as a part?
Hmm.....pretty sure it is.
You can use the blank part file idea if you just need to populate a BOM. Otherwise you'll have to actually model it.
Michael Miller wrote:
I'd like to model safety wire for fasteners in an assembly. Swept Boss Base isn't available in SW2020. Has anyone done this without modeling the wire as a part?
Hmm.....pretty sure it is.
You can use the blank part file idea if you just need to populate a BOM. Otherwise you'll have to actually model it.
I assumed he meant it wasn't available in the Assembly environment, since he said ". . . without modeling the wire as a part?" The answer is no, it isn't available as an Assembly feature in SW2020, or in any other version.
I thought that would be…...obvious...….maybe not?
Boss not allowed in assembly.
Frederick Law wrote:
Boss not allowed in assembly.
Yeah, I don't let my boss around my assemblies either...
Not in Fab either.
What about using Routing using cable/wire or flexible tube?
Kevin Pymm wrote:
What about using Routing using cable/wire or flexible tube?
I don't let my boss do that either...
Kidding aside, if they aren't using Routing already, is this really a good reason to learn how to use it? Additionally, it's only available in Premium, which most people don't have.
We do have 1 seat of Premium and years ago I looked at it for our piping runs, but found for our needs Weldments seemed to provide everything we need. And at the time Routing had some major bugs. I'm sure they've worked some of those out, and if you are doing conduit or piping as a major part of your job, it may be a good tool. But for us, it didn't/doesn't seem to warrant learning it.
It will need to be a Part. You can remove material with Assembly features, but not add it. It can be a virtual Part if you want.