How to get two parts appear as one part in BOM? 1

[goodtruant]

This question has two levels. We have a common wood part that is 4" x X", two of these parts go on each assembly. When we cut the parts out, it is cut as one 8.125" x X" part. It has an edges applied to it, then cut in half, creating two 4" x X" parts. The edges cannot be applied to a part smaller than 6" wide (a machine limitation).

The drawings and model of these assemblies need to show these as two separate parts. The BOM needs to show this as a single part.

Is these a way to accomplish this without having to manually add a configuration every time? Can fool solidworks in to populating the BOM with a single part?

 

[AnnaWood]

Create a sub-assembly, add the sub-assembly to your models.

Cheers,



Anna Wood
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Use a multi-body part.

 

[Jboggs]

Check the properties dialog box for each component. There is a box that allows you to exclude that component from the bill of materials. You could do that too.

 

[goodtruant]

@annawood I just tried this. It does not show a size in the BOM. I tried adding a custom property, but I get an error, "Cannot add a part or sub-assembly dimension to an assembly custom property". The part sizes are driven by equations. Am I missing something?

@Corblimeylimey to complicate things further, we use CamWorks to program our CNC machine. It separates multibodies in to separate parts to cut.

@Jboggs, that defeats the purpose of the list. I want it in the BOM, but I need to show it as the size it needs to be cut at. We create similar assemblies 100+ times a day, which is why I'm looking for a creative way to not have to manually process these parts each time.

 

[goodtruant]

@Jboggs maybe I can exclude one of the parts from the list, and add a custom property to the other part to give it's cut size....since these parts are always the same size, it should work! Thanks!