Regenerate for correct BOM, even after save, close and reopen. Round3

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According to ya'll, I am working in "Wild West" mode.

I just opened a model/drawing that I was working on this morning. Saved it when I was done with it with the proper BOM. Now this afternoon, when the boss wants a small change, P/N 7793 is missing from the BOM (when you compare the first picture to the second).

I opened P/N 7793 - its part of a family table. I check to see if all of the instances have been verified, and they have (see the third drawing). (It is instance #2 by the way.)

When I check the parameters on P/N 7793, they are all there. (See the fourth drawing).

Is there anything else that you can see that is going wrong? This is getting frustrating!

Thanks,

YeeHaw

Dale Rosema

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Dale_Rosema · Accepted Answer

While talking with a rep, after getting some new licenses installed, I was showing him this problem.

I noticed that the UM (unit of measure) had propagated, but not the description nor the PN (part number) parameters. (See WW_BOM_7)

I also noticed that UM was the only parameter filed in on the generic part even though the parameters had been filled in on the instances needed.

I quickly tested that discovery by adding values for the parameters of the generic. (See WW_BOM_8)

I saved the generic, the instance and regenerated the assembly and save it and then even closed out of Pro-E.

When I open the assembly, the values for the BOM table were in place and intact. (See WW_BOM_9).

The explanation that I received is that the null values in the generic are triggering the part to not regenerate the parameters of the instance into the BOM table. Once these values were no longer a null value, they will automatically propagate the table.

I forgot to add:

WOOOOO HOOOO!

Dale_Rosema · Answer

Here’s another tidbit. After saving it all again, closing and reopening, the info was missing from the BOM again. I opened the instance directly from the drawing – the parameters are missing (see the drawing below).

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