drafting zone locations 1

[proEdj]

Hello Everyone,

Has anyone came across a code that reads where parts exist on an assembly drawing then can output that grid zone into a table in the BOMS? When I say grid I am refering to the numbers along the bottom and the letters on the side of a drawing that divide a drawing into zones.

Thanks,

Dane

 

[Guest0527211403]

I'd like to add something to the question, too...

Is there any way that I can have my drawing file detect the page number that an individual part is located on? A past project I worked on had me pulling my hair out (no easy feat, I shave my head) because we had to append pages to the drawing package, and the first two pages (assemblies) were to indicate the page number of each specific part...

 

[Heckler]

That would be nice option - I have some customers that require part location. For this to happen I would think the BOM Ballons would have to know there drawing zone location. So how would you (thinking aloud) divide the absolute (0,0) to (17, 11) for B size format to drawing zones?

 

[proEdj]

Well,

I think the code must be adaptable to the each drawing format. The code will first read the format's grid indices. In my case for a 17x11 in drawing (B-size) this would be from 1...8 on the x-axis to a...h on the y-axis. Once it has established this it will then scan the drawing, or more likely a file containing the location of all symbol instances. This also contains the sheet number, to answer your question justkeepgiviner. You would then put a parameter in your boms table on the face of the drawing inside the cells "sheet" and "zone" such that the scanned value pertinent to the referenced item number would populate the correct value. What I am unsure about is how to actually carry out that scan operation or the location of a file that contains the location values.

 

[RocketRonnie]

You can do this - in the format create a location grid, then in the drawing refer to it % what's nice is it updates, i.e. if you move a view with a grid reference, the reference updates. See this Suggested Technique:

http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_24/howto/fom3447/fom3447.htm