Creo 8: Creating repeat region recursive "BOM" to be used in a "drawing tree" drawing. Thoughts?

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November 22, 2023
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Da Boss came to me the other day and asked if I could make something that would function as a drawing tree for all our assembly drawings. I thought about it, and said no, not like we're used to seeing, like the usual drawing tree or an "Org Chart" for those that have never seen a drawing tree. BUT, I thought I might be able to do it in BOM form using a recursive repeat region. I've never worked at a company that wanted to use a recursive BOM, so, this will be my first time playing with it, but, I figure it SHOULD be almost exactly like doing a regular BOM. We want the drawing number, and the title, and "probably" quantities.

Anyone ever done anything like this? Is there Creo 8 functionality for this I'm not aware of (last having formal training on Wildfire 5). If not, this would be GREAT functionality to have. Thoughts?

M

MartinHanak

24-Ruby III

Hi,

I have never seen a drawing tree. Please can you attach some picture?

Patriot_1776

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22-Sapphire II

Happy Thanksgiving Martin!

Well, the search was ALMOST useless because all I found was sketched pictures of, well, TREE, trees. But I finally found an Engineering Drawing Tree. Had to search for that specific term. What it does is break down assemblies into their sub-assemblies and parts. This isn't a very good one, but it'll do. You can see 3 levels of assembly here. I know we can't do that since it would mean separate repeat regions all over, and how would we tie them together? But, maybe a recursive BOM.....

ENGINEERING DRAWING TREE-01.png