Can a BOM be created for an inheritance feature in a part drawing?

[jselland]

Hello, I'm trying to use an inheritance feature for machined castings in part mode rather than adding machining operations in assembly mode (mainly for chamfer/round functionality). So I create a part, insert inheritance feature, and make cuts, holes, chamf, etc to the part. Then, when I create the drawing for the machined part, is there a way to make a functional 1 item bom that shows the name of the model used for the inheritance feature? Instead of a fake bom that you type in manually.

Using WF5 (M100) or whatever it is called now

thanks

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[dgschaefer]

Your inheritance feature should have a feature parameter named 'MERGE_BASE_PART' that contains the file name of the reference part. You should be able to show that in a note in the drawing. Enter '&MERGE_BASE_PART:FID_122' replacing the '122' with the feature id of your inheritance.

[jselland]

Thanks doug. Is it possible to reference more parameters from within the merge base part (like description) in a table to mimic a BOM? Also, is there any way to automate this instead of having to key in the feature id? I think i'm pressing my luck but can't hurt to ask.

thanks

[dgschaefer]

Not that I'm aware of on both accounts. I just tried to pull in other parameters and wasn't able to figure it out.

If you rename your inheritance feature you can use the name in place of the feature ID:

&MERGE_BASE_PART:FID_NAME

It might help a bit in that you don't have to figure out the ID.