Hello
I would like to know if there is the possibility of " automatically " inserting a derivative part (body) into a part.
Let me explain, I design wooden furniture in welded construction, once my furniture is finalized, I need to insert the screws, the hardware and the assemblers (trunnions and others).
For my process, my documentation, the organization of my company and the development of my bills of materials, it is necessary that I remain in welded construction (and not in assembly).
So currently, I insert each element one by one with the " Move/Copy " function that I use with my different machining. You can imagine that when you have a hundred screws and as many dowels, it can be long and tedious.
So I would like to know, if there was the possibility, to insert these parts more quickly, for example in the same style as the design library where you define in advance which parameter you want to constrain. All you have to do is click on the parameterized elements.
Thank you very much for your feedback.
Hello;
I don't have a solution to propose, but I don't understand why you feel " forced " to stay stuck on a global part (whether it is in welded construction or not) to incorporate your bookcase/Commerce elements (screws, trunnions...).
In my opinion, the use of an assembly would be so much simpler and more comfortable, if only for the nomenclatures and the use of controlled repetitions.
I am even curious about how you manage to extract a clean Nomenclature.
- If you only use the names (and quantities) of the components from the build tree for your BOMs, why not go through an assembly that you save as a part once your off-the-shelf components are positioned?
Technically, unless you create fake parametric parts via the design library, I don't really see any other solutions.
Thank you for your feedback, I was expecting this answer a little.
Concretely, I generate a list of welded parts for all the parts that make up my furniture (which is therefore a multi-body piece). This list serves as a BOM for dealing with my suppliers.
Behind it, I have to generate a new BOM including all the parts of the furniture + all the hardware, screws... for our logistics department who will prepare the packages and for our customers who will have to assemble the furniture and locate the different parts (furniture and screws/hardware).
To my knowledge, if I carry out an assembly, I will not be able to generate the pieces of furniture in my nomenclature. Only the global reference of the piece of furniture will appear, but not my parts (body) constituting it.
Hoping to make myself understood.
… Well, if it's possible, it all depends on the level of detail requested from the nomenclature:
https://help.solidworks.com/2016/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_creating_boms_parts_assemblies.htm
https://help.solidworks.com/2016/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_bom_dissolving_subassembly.htm?id=cc422e94a2c34591a826d6ccc80fd210#Pg0
https://help.solidworks.com/2016/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_displaying_cut_lists_boms.htm?id=face8173a9074e4abe2cbdd92067a019#Pg0
Moreover, most often, the nomenclature of welded elements is distinct from that of components (grouped or not).
Perfect thanks, I'll study it.
Hello
Indeed, it would be better to go through assembly to insert all these small elements easily. I imagine that what you want to do is to come out with 1 single nomenclature that will list your pieces of wood and your screws?
In this case, what you can do is derive each body that you have created in your mechanically welded part, to parts, and you reconstitute the assembly.
Directly from your Multibody welded base part, you can export each of the bodies into a new assembly, and insert your screws into it. This way you will be able to draw the complete nomenclature of parts + screws + journals.
A vast subject, many times broached but frankly, I will never understand the point of creating derivative pieces in other plays... when it's so much more convenient to use an assembly or subassembly.