Change order in BOM-table?

[haåman]

Is there a way to controle which way a BOM-table sorts its members? When I have an assembly and create a BOM-table it looks like this:

When I add a part (NEW_PART) this is placed in alphabetical order recieving the number 3. This changes the number for Washer to 4.

I wish to have the newly added part last in the BOM-table so that the other parts keep their original number. Is this possible?

Is it possible to arrange the BOM table after the order the items appear in the model tree instead of in alphabetical order?

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[James62]

It's not recommended to sort partlists with the same order as in assembly model tree but:

Table --> Repeat Region --> Atributes --> No Duplicates

Also, looks like your repeat region is being sorted by the part number column. Make sure you get rid of that in:

Table --> Repeat Region --> Sort Regions

You can also set your own parameter to sort the repeat region table with.

[haåman]

Thank you Jakub! Can I ask why it's not recommended?

[James62]

Np, Heidi.

Cause as the PTC people use to say this solution is not robust.

What that means in this case is that your repeat region would not behave as you want if you needed to use subassemblies in the top level assembly, because the repeat region would still follow the model tree, and would you want that in this case?

Yet, to sort repeat region this way you would need to restructure your assembly tree, which could, in some cases, lead to introduction of circular references into the assembly.

So, you would always have to be aware about this association between repeat region and the assembly model tree, and then you would have to keep on asking yourself. Hey, I need to flip these two parts, but will this assembly be still allright then?