PDMWE & configs

Currently you can't pull a BOM based on assembly configuration. PDMWE will only pull the BOM on all the parts in the assembly. If you don't plan on pulling BOMs out of PDMWE, assembly configurations shouldn't be a problem.

You can still manage your assemblies with normal check in/out operations and the correct configurations will come across. Data cards will maintain configuration specific properties.

Anything specific in mind :-)

Hi Steve -

We are aware of the need to pull the config specific BOM and will provide a solution soon.

Regards,
Joy

Well...in order to replace our mainframe system BOM.....we would need a manually created BOM in the PDM system. Starting with the Solidworks BOM is fine...but we rarely model or show everything. Also the BOM has variable items. Like item 5 might give you several different motors to choose from based on job parameters. In the Swx assy, we would only show one of the motors and thus it wouldn't show in the PDMWE Bom. We have a lot of BOMs that way and the BOM gives us the where-used info.

Also, can you link items to one another in PDMWE?

Jason
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.0 & 2007 SP1.1 on WinXp SP2
UG NX 2.0.2.2 on Win2000 SP3

You can customize & create bom easily using pdmwe.

How about the ability create a custom BOM in the PDM system not tied to Solidworks?

Jason
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.0 & 2007 SP1.1 on WinXp SP2
UG NX 2.0.2.2 on Win2000 SP3