BOM material param issue

[alphaguru]

I'm working on a assembly in which the material parameter in the BOM is not coming through correctly. In several parts I've changed the material parameter. When saved, closed, and reopened the new material DOES show up in the part but not in the BOM in the assembly. Everything has been updated, regened, ect. At my company material parameters are locked by the customer. When we need to change them, we delete material, density, and weight RELATIONS. We then change the material PARAMETER. Finally we change the RELATIONS back to the proper settings. However this trick will not work with this assembly. Furthermore, the part PARAMETER is changed after updating the BOM in the assembly. Ok now to the question. Is there anything in the assembly or drawing file that can drive part PARAMETERs? Or does anyone know what may be happening here?

 

[Placentia714]

I assume that you know how to create a "repeat region" table. This kind of table will be your BOM or parts list. It will grow with the parts in your assembly

The first row of this table (not count the description text to call "description", "material" , "Find number" , whatever ...) contains the command to call out VALUES of related parameters of each part in the assembly.
Syntax of the command is:

&asm.mbr.material

the wors material does not need to be material, it can be whatever word you put in for parts let say if you create a parameter called "mat" for material then the command should be:

&asm.mbr.mat

If your BOM call out differently, then fix it to this syntax

Now, go to every part, change the "value" of mat to the one you want

(The "&" infront of a parameter instructs ProE to display the "value" of that parameter, not its name )
There is another way to change these value quicker, but for now, just play with this first.
Hope it helps