Qty in a BOM

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Hello, lynkoeurs, how are you at the beginning of this week ?

I have a question for you about  quantities in a bill of materials. I have an assembly made up of parts and symmetrical parts. What I would like  is to force a quantity in the custom properties of the parts in such a way that when I make a bill of materials on a plan in the QTE  column is written  1+1 sym. Today I force him on the plan but I would like to master this information beforehand in order to limit an oversight.  I hope I was clear ?

May the force be with you.


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My answer won't please you but I find it stupid to want to do what you want

A symmetrical part is different from the parent part

so we have to give it another name

and thus it becomes a unique piece

so in your quantity column must for my part contain only numbers

Have a nice day

@+

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Hi OBI WAN,

I think the easiest solution would be to create a "quantity" property in your room unless you already have one and create a bill of materials with a link pointing to it. The problem you may have later is that if you make a mistake in the quantities of the part, the nomenclature will also be wrong... 9:17 a.m.

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@gt22, yes but my sheets are 100% identical and the goal is to limit the details on my plan. By doing  1+1 sym I gain the detail of one sheet, but if I have 50 sheets I gain the detail of 50 sheets.

@ac cobra 427 yes the single sheets must be automatically combined   but the sym sheets are forced hence my problem.

 

May the force be with you.

 

 

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What are the differences of your sheet metal?

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@gt22, here is an example, it is a hopper with a right and a left flank that is 100% symmetrical

may the force be with you.

 

 


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@GT22, in general, it's a story of folds (left piece and right piece).

 

@Obi wan, I tend to agree with @GT22 .. within a certain limit. When I have this kind of case (and it's quite regular), I don't touch the nomenclature.

It's at the moment of the detail, I indicate the mark of the part, that of the symmetrical, their laser number and a small annotation saying "ATTENTION, a left and right part" in red.

See the attached example


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yes but why this question, because I saw it in the presonalized properties, it must be useful for something? 

May the force be with you.

 


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So here, I admit my incompetence. I have never used this option

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Hello

I think it 's not possible to display "1+1 sym" in the  nomenclature on its own without going through a macro.

The quantity option in the BOM is used for imported components that would represent the same component multiple times, for example.

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Hello

After several searches I didn't find anything that could match  so I'll continue my hacks. I started the post by saying " how are you at the beginning of the week ", I'll end by saying have a good weekend.

May the force be with you.

 

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