SWX 2008 macro needed 1

[dl08in]

I'm looking for a macro that will link all available drawing views in a SLDDRW file to a BOM table in the same file. Does anyone know of such a macro or is able to provide one? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

Dave Lehman

 

[Gupta65]

Are you looking for an option to connect each view to the configuration being used for BOM generation??

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

 

[dl08in]

I'm presently revising dozens of drawings with a number of views on each sheet. These are all independent assemblies in each drawing. (Not configs) I'm adding parts to each assembly, then updating the prints with additional balloons and sorting the BoM. Only some of the views are linked to the BoM in the drawing view properties, so the item numbers on the balloons don't always update properly unless I check the item in each view's properties to link it to the BoM. This slows things down a lot.

I'm not sure if I've explained this clearly. Does this make sense to you? What I need is some way to automate checking those boxes and selecting the proper BoM for all views on all sheets in the active drawing file. (There is only one BoM in each drawing, but their names vary from one drawing to the next.)

Again, thank you for any help you may be able to provide me.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

If all the views on a sheet relate to the same assy model, the BOM only needs to be linked to one view ... usually the first one placed.

 

[Tobin1]

Howdy,

Don't you hate that! The SW default is to not check the box "Keep Linked to BOM" when a view is created. Attached is a macro that finds all the views on all the sheets associated with the BOM. It's set up for SW 2007. Sorry I never had a copy of SW 2008, so I can't change the library references for you. If you don't know how, maybe some nice helpful person on this forum will do it for you

Enjoy

Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

SolidWorks 2012 allows the creation of a BOM without pre-selecting a view.

http://rocksolidperspective.com/2011/02/08/sww11-solidworks-2012-preview/

http://www.rickyjordan.com/2011/01/solidworks-2012-sneak-peek.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkUxIwn1j2Q

 

[dl08in]

Thanks Tobin1. I'll give that a try.