BOM VS. Base parts

[macPT]

I have an Excel macro to create multi-level BOM's of the assemblies, in wich the assemblies are recursively transversed.

This macro worked fine until now.

Now I have one assembly with a part (lets call it PRT1) and another part (PRT2), created by mirror from PRT1. These parts are really separated parts, the manufacturing process is a little bit different because they are each other's mirror, so, in SW, I need to have PRT1 and PRT2.

But, when I create the BOM, I have 2*PRT1 instead of 1*PRT1+1*PRT2.

Any ideas to solve this problem?

Thanks

 

[SBaugh]

I don't know if this will work for sure.

Try changing the BOM name in the config.

RMB - Properties - Click the drop down box and pick "User specific Name

The biggest reason your seeing this is because the mirror part is derived from the original and initially it’s not it’s own part. It doesn’t have any true features only derived ones.

I usually just spend the extra time making the mirror part vs. dealing with these kinds of problems later.
Scott Baugh, CSWP
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[macPT]

SBaugh

I am sorry, but I was not accurate in my post. PRT2 is not a mirror part of PRT1, like in Insert\Mirror Part, but it's a configuration of PRT1 (being PRT1 the default config). The different dimensions and supressed features give mirror geometries.

But your mail gave my an idea. Until now, I control the component counting, in Excel, using ModelDoc.GetTitle()which, in fact, is the filename. The filename is the same for the default part and all the configurations. I need to control this counting using another configuration dependent item (mabe config. name for example), or mabe both.

I will try to find out a solution based on this idea.

The problem in creating new parts it's not only the extra time (when we are talking in detailed drawings, we are talking in eeexxxtttrrraaa time). Is that you loose the connection between these two parts that cannot be separatly modified (that means if you change the length of one, you must not forget to change the length of the other)

Regards