Surface area in BOM

[Aagens]

Could anyone help me out. I have assembly with parts which actually are surfaces. Is there any way to get part surface areas in BOM in SW drawing? I know that it is possible for solid body, but for me there are just surfaces.

 

[laik]

Hi,
It depends on what data you have in the BOM. Theoretically, there may be a blank part (without geometry) in the BOM. Just need him to fill the parameters, for example. name, drawing number, etc.

 

[Aagens]

In BOM these parts appear with Item No., part number and quantity but the problem is that i need column with each parts surface area (parts are only surfaces). The way i tried to do was open part->file-> properties->custom-> property name ''Area'', Value ''Surface area'' and then there is problem. Evaluated value is 0.00. I tried to do this with solid body and it works, but for surfaces doesn't. Am I doing something wrong or there is another way to get parts (which is just surfaces) surface area in BOM.

 

[Nella95]

How did you create the surface? Did you assign thickness and material properties?

SW Professional 2012
64 bit SP1.0
Intel Xeon X(R) CPU 1603 0 @ 2.80 GHz
8.0 GB of RAM

 

[ctopher]

I agree with Nella95, you need some type of thickness to it.

Chris
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[Aagens]

I will attach link to file with example what i tried to do. I have imported surface and with reference to that surface i need to build frame parts and calculate frame parts surface areas.

http://failiem.lv/u/cgppfou