Total length of all mechanics welded in a complex assembly

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Hello 

I have an assembly in which there are several parts built in mechanically welded.
Is it possible for SW to automatically calculate the total length of all profiles, for the complete assembly via a detailed bill of materials including welded parts lists? 

Here I manage to do it but the total length I get is limited to each mechanically welded part.
However, in my assembly there are several parts that use Ø10 stretched bar for example. (see Attachment, for confidentiality reasons I removed the description but articles 3 and 4 are similar, so I would like that in the total length column there is the sum of the lengths of 3.1 + 4.1 and 3.2 + 4.2. Same for part 2 which is in quantity 2, I would like the total length of 2.1 to be double the unit length of this part, etc... )

Thanks in advance

 

 


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Hello

If I understand correctly, you make an assembly of EACH part of a welded mechanic?

If that's the case, it's quite a tedious method...

But how do you arrive at the result in the "L.total" column? by an equation? Because I don't understand some results (e.g. 1.2: 2 X 700 = 2080)

Have you tried using the "total Length" property?

Not having SW on hand, I don't know if it works in a bill of materials and in an assembly....

But in a welded construction part file, yes it allows you to calculate the total length used for each type of profile in a welded part list.

If it helps.

A+

Hubert

 

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Hello

I don't know which version of SW you have, but the 2019 version is really worth watching.

We had a demonstration on Thursday - in the land of silk and Mr Vaucanson - on complex and tangled mechanically welded frames and with tables for the flows directly in SW.

Kind regards

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Hello

Could using a formula, like excel, help you?

http://help.solidworks.com/2017/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_equations_in_tables_and_boms.htm?verRedirect=1

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Hi all 

 

@Hubert, I use the total lenght properties of each mechanically welded part.
The information that is missing to understand is the column with the title of the profile (for example 1.10 and 1.2 are 60x60x4 square tube)

@Zozo, I only have SW2017

@ icome, probably but I'm new to using SW (I'm more CREO formatted, so I struggle a little bit to forget my automatisms). I would have to be able to make him understand that "Total length profile = total length (part 1, if profile = a) + total length (part 2 if profile = a) +.... " and that for each profile except that I would like it to do it on its own like what it does in mechanically welded parts, because if I spend more time entering the equations than doing manual additions it is not too interesting.


Thank you

 

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The "cuttingOptimization" utility of the mycadtools suite must know how to do this it seems to me....

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Hello

Here is an overview of the myCADtools tools that you can download. You have a description of the CuttingOptimization tool @flegendre is talking about.

https://www.lynkoa.com/contenu/pr%C3%A9sentation-des-utilitaires-mycadtools-2018

Kind regards

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Hello

can be a solution in the attached document.

may the force be with you.


somme_nomenclature.docx