Hi All,
I’m new to SW routing and I’m trying to include length of my pipes in item description of BOM eg. “Pipe, 40 NB Sch 40, 200 LG”. I know that I could have separate column with SWPipeLength property. However, I don’t want to have extra column in BOM just for the length. Is it somehow possible to link SWPipeLength property to description?
I think one way to link pipe length to description is to have Length@Extrude in my pipe design table which would give me different lengths for different configurations. This lengths could be then linked to Description. However I was told not to include Length@Extrude in the pipe Design Table.
Another issue I have is that sometimes a tube between 2 fittings is broken up into a few shorter segments instead of one long tube. I notice this happens when SW complains about bend radius being smaller than the one specified in the route properties even the bend radii are exactly as specified for that route. I don’t use flexible tubing.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Yes, use this part for your pipe. I changed the description in the design table to:
Pipe 0.75 in, Sch 160 - "Length@Extrusion@@Pipe 0.75 in, Sch 160@pipe.SLDPRT" Long
The excel method used was:
=TRIM($B2)&" - "&CHAR(34)&"Length"&CHAR(64)&"Extrusion"&CHAR(64)&CHAR(64)&$B2&CHAR(64)&"pipe.SLDPRT"&CHAR(34)&" Long"
Where B2 is the column that contains:
Pipe 0.75 in, Sch 160
Works for me, I have included a screen shot