BOM Sorting

[gross01]

Hi All:

I am have sorted my bom in a alpha numeric order, because of my patterns I guess it does not show the order the same as my design tree.
I do not want to sort manually because this causes me to sort every time a new part is added.

Is there a way to play with the patterns so they are read last in a bom?

thanks for reading
-Caper-

 

[SBaugh]

BOM's read the way parts are inserted in an Assembly, it has nothing to do with the way you sort them in the DT.

Regards, Scott Baugh, CSWP
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[gross01]

So can you tell me this Scott. Why is that when I supress all my patterns I get the sort as per the order of my design tree?
If only I could do my patterns last everything would be fine but I do not have a chrystal ball on my desk.
I can reorder the parts but and I can reorder the patterns but reordering patterns does not effect the order of the BOM.

-Caper-

 

[BBJT]

The pattern thing is a known problem to SolidWorks and we pretty much run into it every day. The problem lies in a pattern that involves more than one part within it. When we have multiple patterns we start suppressing the patterns one by one to find which one is the problem. Then the designer makes the call whether to delete the pattern and reinsert the parts one by one or except the BOM as is. I am hoping this all goes away with the new BOM in 2004.
BBJT CSWP

 

[gross01]

Thanks! BBJT

 

[Regg]

I have had some success with suppressing the offending pattern and the parts patterned, then re-ordering the parts, rebuilding the BOM on my drawing, then unsuppressing the parts and patterns. I say some because I still have had to delete some patterns then reconstruct them to get the BOM to come out correct.

 

[StarrRider]

As BBJT stated, this is an old problem with SolidWorks. The problem derives from the way the BOM data is extracted. Normally the BOM follows the Design Table, but when a part is referenced in a pattern then all of the patterned parts are added to the BOM. I.E. - The design table shows parts A, B, C, and D and a pattern with parts B and D - The BOM order will be A, B, D, C

The only thing that really works is removing the D part out of the B/D pattern and adding another pattern to replace it. This is a PITA but it does not take all that long. The order of the patterns in the Design Table does not seem to matter.

Lee