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JHollis12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
August 12, 2024
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Creo Illustrate numbering (and renumbering) Item List

  • August 12, 2024
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All our parts lists are arranged in PN order.  So, we bring in the sBOM and click "Item Tag" to sort by PN.  Once the sort is complete, is there a way to have the software update the Sequence Number and ITM Label automatically in numerical order?  I spend a ton of time numbering the parts list to be in PN sequence order.  If it can't be done automatically, is there a way for me to input the new sequence number, short of clicking the up/down arrow over and over.  This is a real productivity killer when there are 100 or more items in an illustration. 

 

Also, once I remove an item (using right-click delete item), is there a way to have Creo automatically update the Sequence Number and ITM Label for the subsequent numbers? Or do all of the Seq/ITM Labels have to be updated manually?

 

Thanks! 

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agarland16-Pearl
16-Pearl
August 12, 2024

There is currently no way to automatically reorder the item list as you have described.

This would be a good candidate for a product idea: Creo View / Illustrate / Schematics Ideas - PTC Community

There is an option to reset the item numbers after you have deleted an item though.

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This will reset all the item numbers to be sequential again.

 

Hope that helps a little.

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JHollis12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
August 26, 2024

Thanks for the reply. 

I took one of our simpler assemblies and copied our SBOM to the ITM List, sorted it by PN and renumbered the ITM list (Items 1 - 6)

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If I delete all four washers, (Item 3) 

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The ITM list shows Item 3 deleted. 

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After I "reset ITM Numbers", it changes the sequence number back to what I originally dragged/dropped from the SBOM, minus the washer that I deleted.

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Then I will need to renumber the ITM list again.  Not so bad when I only have a handful of parts, but a real pain when some of our illustrations have over 100 items. 

 

Maybe I am missing something in the process....??

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agarland16-Pearl
16-Pearl
August 27, 2024

Looking at the steps you have described, I don't think you can (easily) achieve the end result you are after without a lot of manual renumbering. This would need an enhancement to be able to reset the numbering based on a selected column or something like that.

It may be worth looking at using a companion xml file for your sBOM generation as this may help a little, although it won't resolve all your issues.

Customizing sBOM XML Files (ptc.com)

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