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Leandro_19891-Visitor
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August 22, 2019
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"exclude from bill of materials" / "envelope" feature

  • August 22, 2019
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Hello, I´m new on Creo, actually working with version 5. 

I came from Solidworks and I want to know the equivalent command to "exclude from bill of materials" / "envelope" on Creo.

The idea is to use parts (or sub assemblies) that are not taken into account for the BOM, but serves as a reference to position some other components in the assembly.

 

Thanks in advance. 

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    rzukowski13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    August 22, 2019

    In our assembly designs, we use two methods.

    1.  Add a filter to the repeat region that drives the BOM table.  See the attached picture.  We have a parameter on each part called Order_Code.  We use this parameter to group parts of the same material type within the BOM table.  We chose ZZ to be the value for excluding from the BOM.

    2.  Create a simplified representation that shows only the items you want to include in the BOM.  Use that simplified representation to drive the repeat region in your BOM table.

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    Leandro_19891-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    August 28, 2019

    Thanks for the response, but I was looking for a more direct way to do it (like Solidworks)

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      23-Emerald III
      StephenW23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      August 28, 2019

      The method in Creo for repeat region BOMs on the drawing is to use TABLE, REPEAT REGION, FILTER, BY ITEM, EXCLUDE and then pick the bom table lines you want to exclude from the BOM.

      If this is something that is always excluded, you can set up rules for filtering, as the other user stated.

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        Leandro_19891-VisitorAuthor
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        December 13, 2019

        thanks for reply but the solution of "hide" the component on the drawings It does not work in my case, since it must be represented as "envelope" also on the 3D model (because 3d models are used by other persons and they must know that maybe some parts are not included on the BOM and also on the physical assembly).

        The solution by now is to put the "envelope" component as normal part/assembly, then put the other components, make it FIX and the delete the "envelope" component. Its so time consuming and gives issues when you changue something on the "envelope" component, because the real components of the assembly are fix in the space (and therefore the position is not updated).

         

         

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        23-Emerald III
        StephenW23-Emerald III
        23-Emerald III
        December 13, 2019

        I don't think you have stated your problem in a way that we understand what your intention is.

        Are you trying to manage the BOM and exclude items from the BOM or are you trying to control your assembly when you sometimes want to use an envelope part and sometimes want to use the real model?

         

        I believe possibly you need skeletons which is how Creo will drive position of components and their references without actually using references from the assembly/parts.

        I may be way off in my interpretation of what you need so please accept my apologies if I misunderstood.

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