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jmay1-Visitor
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April 4, 2016
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BOM Import

  • April 4, 2016
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I am working on a large assembly where i want to use a BOM from my lead assembly page on several following pages so my balloons can be driven by the lead page. Does anyone know a way in which this can be done? Im not using sheets so the BOM info would need to be imported but i dont want it to show on the pages where the balloons need to be driven.  Any help would be appreciated.


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Chris3
Chris321-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
April 4, 2016

You can not natively drive balloons from one drawing to another separate drawing file and maintain parametric relationships.

You can fix the indexes on multiple repeat regions so the numbers are the same. If you don't want the repeat regions to show up then you can just layer them off. Unless you are manually creating balloons as individual symbols, balloons need to be driven by repeat regions (they can't be an import of some other repeat region).


Hope this is a helpful step in the right direction.

StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 4, 2016

As long as your only using one assembly and one simplified rep, you can show BOM balloons on any sheet of the drawing even though the BOM table (repeat region) is just on the first page.

Not too sure what you mean by "not using sheets" and "bom info would need to be imported".

Maybe you can clarify?

Chris3
Chris321-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
April 4, 2016

I think he has multiple separate drawing files (Not multiple sheets).

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jmay1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
April 4, 2016

I am using a single assembly in several drawings but not using sheets. What I mean by this is that we typically use separate drawings for each page of a book of drawings instead of using a book of sheets. We always have sheet 1 of 1 instead of an assembly where you may see sheet 1 of 15.

StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 4, 2016

Well, you can move your BOM table outside of your format so it won't show on the drawing but the BOM tables won't be connected other than by the assembly driving them.  You can use fix index to control balloon #'s or you could possibly use component parameters to drive balloon #'s instead if you don't want to use fix index but that's not an easy solution to implement.

Sorry I don't have a good solution.

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jmay1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
April 4, 2016

We typically use fix index for components as is but i couldnt help but wonder if there was a better way of handling this so that there is a link between the original bom so when updates are handled theres less chance of error on other drawings.

I appreciate the info either way.

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