Hi everyone. I am having trouble with callouts in Composer. I am trying to use one callout for multiple parts that are the same. I found where you can choose where the quantity goes in relation to the callout, but am having trouble finding out how to enter the amount. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Karl,
Are you creating your callouts manually or using the automatic? To my knowledge there is no way to manually adjust the number shown in the quantity tab. if there is a work around I would be interested in knowing it also.
That being said I have never gotten the outcome I prefer by using the automatic callouts. What I do to get my correct number of callouts is by selecting all of the same parts and assigning it manually. For example if I have 100 bolts I create a selection set of all the like bolts and then create the callouts and BOM ID. A selection set to me makes it a bit easier if a design changes and you gain or lose a bolt of the same size. If you don't create a set then you have to select all bolts one by one and create again.
To be honest all of this above is too time consuming for me especially on larger assemblies so my basic workflow is to use the label function to create my callouts and then create my BOM in a different program. To me if it doesn't auto update then it doesn't matter if I use Composer to create BOM or not. If I am going to manually input the amounts I would rather do it in a easier less time consuming manner.
Hope this helps,
Derek