How to reference assembly component feature number in Repeat Region Filter/Relation (not internal feature ID)
Would anyone know if you can reference the Component Feature Number (not internal feature ID) in a relation for a filter in an assembly drawing repeat region?
Wanting to use features in an assembly model tree, 2 features at a time using their location in an assembly model tree to control what components are displayed in an assembly drawing BOM table on a particular sheet.
Basically, if the components are between any 2 features in the model tree that I specify, I want to show them and only the quantities for the parts in the BOM table repeat region on a drawing sheet for the components that reside between the 2 features in the model tree.
Features would be named Sheet_2, Sheet_3, Sheet_4, Sheet_5, etc. and could be an annotation feature, datum plane, or other feature.
Repeat region filter would be if greater than feature number for Sheet_2 and less than feature number for Sheet_3 display component info and qty of part in that section of model tree in BOM table.
Each drawing sheet will build on the previous drawing sheet components. I only want to have the BOM table show the components that are added for that sheet. Assembly views to show all components in the assembly model tree up to the next sheet and this portion is done by simplified reps excluding components that are on the next drawing sheets but showing components on all previous drawing sheets. Reps would use same type of relation in rules.
If I can make this work, it will save a lot of time creating the drawings that we need to create.
Right now, we have to manually pick each component in the BOM table repeat region (filter by item) to exclude them.
This would also allow you to add components between the sheet markers and the BOM tables would automatically update. You would also be able to move components to another sheet by dragging in model tree and reps would automatically update since I would use the same relation in the rules for the simplified reps.
Hope this makes sense.
Thank you,
Don A