Understanding SOLIDWORKS BOM Choices for Changing Parts

When working with a SOLIDWORKS BOM, there are a number of choices that may assist us specify how one can handle eliminated or changed elements.

The 2 choices we’ll handle listed here are Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row and Don’t change merchandise numbers. At first look, it might appear that these settings battle, but when we take a better look, we’ll discover that there actually isn’t a lot overlap between them.

SOLIDWORKS BOM Choice: Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row

Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row solely applies when the consumer is changing a file utilizing the Substitute command, or they’re utilizing the Save As command on a element of an meeting with the meeting open. When a consumer replaces a file utilizing one of many two strategies above, this selection applies.

If the consumer deletes a file after which inserts a unique half to switch that half, this selection doesn’t apply. This feature controls how SOLIDWORKS manages each the changed half and its substitute.

Let’s check out how this selection works. Determine 1 is our start line for all the following examples. This SOLIDWORKS BOM has simply been inserted and there have been no adjustments to the meeting since inserting it.

Maintain each with new merchandise quantity for substitute

Let’s have a look at how the Maintain each with new merchandise quantity for substitute choice works.

If we substitute merchandise quantity 2 within the meeting utilizing the Substitute command, after which check out the SOLIDWORKS BOM, we nonetheless have the unique merchandise quantity 2 proven within the desk with a amount of  “-” and we have now the substitute element listed as a brand new merchandise quantity 9 within the desk with a amount of 1.

Utilizing “Maintain each with new merchandise quantity for substitute”

Maintain each with identical merchandise quantity

Now let’s have a look at how Maintain each with identical merchandise quantity works.

If our start line is the unique SOLIDWORKS BOM and we substitute merchandise quantity 2 utilizing the Substitute command within the meeting, we nonetheless have the unique merchandise quantity 2 proven within the desk with a amount of  “-“. This implies we have now the substitute element listed as a second line merchandise quantity 2 within the desk with a amount of 1.

Utilizing “Maintain each with identical merchandise quantity”

Maintain merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element

Now we will have a look at how Maintain merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element works.

With this selection, we will see that the outdated merchandise is eliminated, and the brand new merchandise takes its place utilizing the identical merchandise quantity 2.

Utilizing “Maintain merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element”

Assign new merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element

Lastly, let’s have a look at the final choice, Assign new merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element.

With this selection, we will see that the outdated merchandise is eliminated, and the brand new merchandise is added instead within the SOLIDWORKS BOM as merchandise quantity 9.

Utilizing “Assign new merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element”

SOLIDWORKS BOM Choice: Don’t change merchandise numbers

The choice for Don’t change merchandise numbers controls the conduct of the merchandise numbers when elements are deleted, suppressed, or reordered. Discover that changing objects isn’t talked about.

• If we substitute a element, the Maintain Lacking Objects/Row choices apply.
• If we delete, suppress, or reorder the elements, the Don’t change merchandise numbers setting applies.

For instance, take into account the SOLIDWORKS BOM from the start. If we delete merchandise quantity 2 (the rocker assist) from the meeting, this setting determines whether or not it’ll renumber the remaining elements or reserve the unique numbers.

A BOM utilizing “Don’t change merchandise numbers”

Within the picture above, we have now deleted merchandise quantity 2, and we will see that it didn’t renumber the remaining gadgets within the SOLIDWORKS BOM. If we add a brand new element to the meeting, the merchandise will likely be added as merchandise quantity 9.

Overlap Between SOLIDWORKS BOM Choices

For probably the most half, these two choices mentioned are helpful in numerous situations.

• Maintain lacking merchandise/Row applies when changing an element utilizing the Substitute command or Save As command.
• Don’t change merchandise numbers comes into play when deleting, suppressing, or reordering elements.

Nonetheless, there’s a small quantity of overlap between these two choices:

• If Don’t change merchandise numbers is chosen and Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row is chosen utilizing both Maintain each with new merchandise quantity for substitute or Maintain each with identical merchandise quantity and a element is deleted from the meeting, the row for that merchandise within the desk is stored and the amount is ready to 0, -, or left clean to point a null amount.
• If Don’t change merchandise numbers is chosen and Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row is chosen utilizing both Maintain merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element or Assign new merchandise quantity and don’t preserve changed element, the row will likely be faraway from the SOLIDWORKS BOM.
• If Don’t change merchandise numbers is chosen and Maintain Lacking Merchandise/Row will not be chosen, the row will likely be faraway from the SOLIDWORKS BOM.

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