family table assembly and BOM's

[ozzkoz]

Hi,

I have an assembly with multiple configuirations. There are 3 components in it, and the first 2 components are common to both configurations, but the -1 configuation has a different third component than the -2 configuration. I've set up a generic model with a -1 configuration and a -2 configuration on top of one another and then used the family table option to include only one configuration or the other.

I'm now trying to set up my BOM and I want the P/N, Item, etc and then a qty column for each configuration. Is there a way to have my BOM build itself based on the assemblies specified by the family table? Is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do? I can always just manually input the columns and qty's but I'd like to automate it.

Thanks

 

[dgallup]

Yes, you need to use repeat regions. You can use either 2D regions which are more automatic or 1D which I prefer as you have more control. See attached.

 

[ozzkoz]

This worked well for displaying the family table data for a part, but I'm having difficulty making the table build it self for the parts in an assembly model. The region is driven by the generic model, but I think I want to somehow drive it based on all the family table members of the generic model. I'm looking for something like this.


-1 -2 Find No P/N
qty qty
1 1 1 xxxxxxx
1 - 2 xxxxxxx
- 1 3 xxxxxxx

What I am getting is entries only for the driving model, in this case the generic model (2 entries). My generic assembly is based on my -1 configuration and then the family table replaces item 2 with item 3 for the -2 configuration. The table needs to generate entries for both family table members and come up with a total of 3 entries.

Any thoughts on how I can do this?

 

[ozzkoz]

Maybe there is some way to drive my repeat region based on multiple models (all members of the fmaily table). Does anyone know if that can be done?