Pre Set parts so they dont show on BOM when generated.

[rmuller]

Hi Guys,

is there a way you can set part during modelling or when assembling so it doesn't show on BOM when generated in drawing? I mean I have plenty of parts which are not good in BOM and I have to filter them out one by one. For example air cylinder is made of mounting bracket, main body and slider. On BOM I only need assembly name and bracket. I would like to be able to preselect parts which I don't want to appear on BOM before I generate BOM table.

Hopefully you can get what I am trying to explain here.

Thanks.

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[TomU]

One approach is to add a parameter to your models and then filter on that parameter in the BOM.  In the past we used a "STOCKLIST" (yes/no) parameter.  In the repeat region we had a filter that said &asm.mbr.STOCKLIST <> NO.  (This way you don't exclude things that are missing this parameter.)  If you add this to your start parts, you can even preset the value.  (Assemblies == NO and Parts == Yes)

[rmuller]

Tom, thank you for your help.

I am not sure of one thing. I can add YES/NO parameter to my start part. I have a BOM table which has Index, Part Number, Description, Qty and Vendor in it. Should I add this &asm.mbr.STOCKLIST <> NO as another column? Or is it filter rule I need to add? I tried and to add it exactly as written and it gives me some error.

Do you know off some other solutions to this? I like the parameter way anyway.

[TomU · Accepted solution]

It is a repeat region filter, and I had the syntax wrong.  It should be &ASM.MBR.STOCKLIST != NO

Sample drawing and assembly with two drawings is attached. (Creo 3)  Open prt0002 and change the STOCKLIST parameter from 'NO' to 'YES' to see it reappear on the BOM.

[rmuller]

Tom, this works great. Thanks for this.
I hope I can save the filter inside the BOM table file as I am sure to forget that syntax..

[dcox-2]

This is a nice solution, I have wondered in the past how to do this. Thanks for posting.