Hello,
I am currently trying to link a material, with the dimensions of that particular part to the part itself from the drawing file and then to the BOM to have a full list of materials needed. I need to be able to tell my machinists that for this part they need to order a X by X by X piece of aluminum, for example and have it displayed in the form of an actual BOM. Is there a way to link these through part to drw to the BOM easily? Even if I only have to enter in the dimensions once, this would save an enormous amount of time because of the size of the assembly. I already have a materials BOM set up, I just need a faster way to insert the information rather than open each part to see overall dimensions then copy over.
I know that I can specify materials in the part but I need the numbers too. Is this possible?
Thanks
Becca -
Do a search on "Bounding Box". If I remember correctly, BB was available for sheet metal parts in Flat Pattern in SW2012, and can be used on any part in 2013. You basically have to insert a Weldment feature (even though no welds) and through the resulting Cutlist there is a menu selection "Create Bounding Box" (an "Update" of the Cutlist feature is required first). Then, through the Cutlist Properties, there are "SW-Bounding Box" properties that can be transfered to you BOM. I think there are options as to how the BB is oriented to the part and such also....
Purdy cool, actually!
Steve R.