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Promoted parts not showing up on BOM

Question asked by Greg Welch on May 18, 2011
Latest reply on May 19, 2011 by Greg Welch

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I'm having a problem with promoted parts not showing up on the BOM. The BOM is a top level only type. The same promoted parts show up fine on other BOM's. Here's a little history in case it matters:

I have to assemblies, A and B, that are very similar and share most of the same components. I completed the assembly drawing for A and saved it under two different names, A and B. I then went into SolidWorks Explorer, opened up drawing B and replaced assembly A with assembly B. I opened up drawing B, updated it, and noticed that the promoted parts in a particular subassembly no longer appeared in the BOM. I tried deleting the existing BOM and recreating it, but it didn't help. Any suggestions? I'm running version 2010 x64 edition, SP5,0.

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Scott McFadden May 18, 2011 12:45 PM
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Greg,
Go to the document properties of these parts and make sure the "Exclude from BOM"
is not checked.
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- Greg Welch @ Scott McFadden on May 18, 2011 12:53 PM
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  It isn't. Since I wrote the question, I tried inserting the assembly into a brand new drawing. When I inserted the BOM there, the promoted parts showed up. This suggests to me that something happened when I replaced the assembly with SolidWorks Explorer.
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  - Scott McFadden @ Greg Welch on May 18, 2011 6:58 PM
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    I have found through experience that sometimes Solidworks just need to be shaken up
    a little. Kind of why we need to do ctrl Q, and restarts.
    I am glad you go this resoloved.
    Congrads!!!!
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    - Greg Welch @ Scott McFadden on May 19, 2011 8:03 AM
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      Scott,
      
      I think you misunderstood me. I still can't get the promoted parts to show up on the assembly drawing in which I want them to appear. They show up on the BOM on a brand new drawing. In other words, if I discard all my work and start completely over, I can get the promoted parts to show up on a BOM.
      
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      - Scott McFadden @ Greg Welch on May 19, 2011 8:14 AM
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        Sorry Greg, I did misunderstand you.
        Did you try this on another machine to see if you get the same results?
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Chad Schmidt May 18, 2011 1:06 PM
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Try to match the configuration name in the part with the configuration name in the assembly. Does this make a difference?
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- Greg Welch @ Chad Schmidt on May 18, 2011 4:25 PM
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  I wasn't sure which parts and which assembly you were referring to, so I created configurations for the promoted parts, the subassembly in which those parts reside, and the top level assembly, and called them all the same thing. It didn't help. Like I said in my previous reply to Scott, I can get the parts to show up if I create a brand new drawing, so I suspect it may be a SolidWorks Explorer glitch.
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Mark Tafelski May 19, 2011 6:29 AM

Greg,

It may be related to this SPR:

SPR #:	553690

	Product:	SolidWorks

	Status:	Open

	Fixed in:	none none

	Area:	Drawings

	Sub-Area:	BOM Tables - Drawings

	Customer Impact:	High

	Summary:	After using Promote on sub-assembly in BOM components are no longer included in BOMBOM, the components were not showing up at the upper level

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Greg Welch @ Mark Tafelski on May 19, 2011 8:15 AM
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It's probably not related, as I can get the promoted parts to show up with the same assembly but in a new drawing. I'd have to know more. The description in the SPR is sketchy.
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Greg Welch May 19, 2011 4:32 PM
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I'm going to redirect this question. After some investigation, I discovered that if the "Restrict top-level only BOMs to one configuration" box is unchecked, promoted parts show up fine regardless which configuration the BOM is referencing. If it is checked, however, promoted parts show up only when the BOM is referencing the default configuration. I consider having to leave the box unchecked as a work-around, but at least it corrects the problem.
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