Any way to find what assembly is used by a part. 1

[aluminum2]

There are several custom washers that we make that can be interchanged with many assembly. Right now we just type it down on the washer print and keep reving it with a new assembly. Is there anyway to find when you open a washer part to find what assemblie(s) it would belong to? using nx5. if it can't be done in there what other software could do it?

 

[cowski]

I assume you are working in native NX (no PLM such as Teamcenter). There is a "where used" function, but unless you have a small number of files it will probably not yield useful results in a reasonable time frame (in NX 7.5 this can be found at Info -> Assemblies -> Where Used, probably a similar location for NX 5).

This is a common function handled by PLM software. Even if you don't use PLM, you should have some sort of database system that keeps track of your BOM's, perhaps you can get at the information with a custom query.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[jerry1423]

Sometimes what I do to find where a part is used is do a search in Windows and put the part number (or portion of the part number) under where you see A word or phrase in the file:

This is the type of thing that I may do before going to lunch, so that I can see the results when I get back, because it can take a while.
When first trying this out you may want to limit the search to a single directory (or folder), to see how long it will take.

Are you using TeamCenter?

 

[JohnRBaker]

If you going to depend on using a normal Windows search and you'd like something which won't necessitate you scheduling these for when you're at lunch, may I suggest that you give something that I've been using a try. While it won't really help you perform an actual 'where-used' operation, it will find all occurrences of a particular 'file' on your Windows system in seconds. It's called, appropriately enough, the 'Everything Search Engine' and you can download a free copy from:

http://www.voidtools.com/

I've been using it now for a couple of years and it works great, and it has never caused any problems that I'm aware of (DISCALIMER: I have NO interest, one way or the other, with the developer of this utility).

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[jerry1423]

Darn . . . I can't download it. We have restrictions here against that.