My company has been using Mycadtools for a while but I realize that it is very badly configured and therefore very badly used. We do a lot of mechanically welded structures as well as sheet metal work.
That's how I work. I do the design in a part then I register the bodies in an assembly to finish my sheet metal work and then plan.
I use Smart bom for bills of materials
Can you send me an example of a configuration in which everything is automated, especially when it comes to part references.
Thanks in advance
PS: if you're interested, we can make a Visio to facilitate exchanges.
I think there are words missing in your question... and it is difficult to understand it.
Regarding the configuration of your SmartBom, it depends so much on the internal specificities of each company that it will also be difficult to configure this application, for you, for you. By the way, we're talking about which version of Smartbom for which version of Solidworks. What you call " Part Reference"... What is a file name, a component property, a sheet metal or welded body specification for you?
Don't forget to take screenshots to improve the readability of your requests...
Thank you indeed, there were words missing. At present, the name of a part file is also the reference of the part. Once my assembly is done, the parts have the name of the last function. I rename the parts in the assembly one by one with a reference. (e.g. 7FRAN000 01, 02, 03 etc...). Then I go to each room and I fill in the samrtproperties Flow: laser, cutting, shearing etc..., if there is bending or not and other properties.
Why do it like this, it seems very complicated and useless to me, wouldn't it be simpler to draw the parts directly in the assembly with the right name?
The simplest solution drawn piece by piece directly in your assembly and launch the smartproperties to each room, then drawing if you launch in fab. In general, this is more how we design and it's easier to modify than drawing everything in one part and then extracting it in another assembly...
PS: A few screenshots or an example project could indeed make it much easier to understand. (And to better understand your method and the reason for this method)
I am rather of the opinion of @sbadenis , I find your way of doing things, how to put it... complicated, but as I mentioned above, each company has its own method. That said, in your case, I'll look more at optimizing Smartproperties and its renaming option (possibly associated with " Smartcounter ") for the more efficient renaming of your rooms.
=> See also the use of " Integration " (myCadTools) for file renaming and property management...
PS: you still haven't told us which version of Solidworks and Mycadtool is used in your country. (The SmartBom tool has been completely reformatted to a new version but the old one is still available, so knowing which version you are using will influence our answers).