3D Documentation lets you scan an assembly for information about its parts and subassemblies. A table containing the Bill of Materials (BOM) information for all parts is displayed. You can also add position flags, whose numbers are included both with the flag and in the BOM table. This section describes how to add a BOM and 3D position flags to a model.
If you are using Design Data Management, BOM information can be read from the database and used in a 3D Documentation BOM table.
3D Documentation lets you work with the Bill of Materials (BOM) that provide a detailed account of parts in an assembly. Within BOM, you can create 3D position flags. Select the desired link below to get started.
To start Bill of Materials (BOM),
1. Click File > Modules. The Modules dialog box opens. In the Applications pane, click the 3D Documentation check box.
2. Click Insert to see the BOM group of buttons.
The following buttons are available in the BOM group.
• Collect defines the BOM data either by retrieving the BOM from the database or by retrieving the BOM from scanning the assembly.
• Table displays the current BOM table.
• New Pos Flag creates position flags. The first position flag will have position number 1; the second, 2, and so forth. This can be changed by opening the settings dialog and specifying a start and step value.
• Modify Pos Flag modifies position flags. Properties that can change are the number text of a position flag and also where the position flag points to on
◦ instances of shared parts
◦ reference points of the face, and
◦ reference faces.
• Delete Pos Flag deletes all position flags of the selected assembly and clears the corresponding column in the BOM table.
To collect BOM data,
1. Click Insert and then, in the BOM group, click Collect. The Collect BOM Data dialog box opens.
2. Specify the Assembly name. To do this either
◦ manually enter the assembly name
◦ click the assembly in the browser, or
◦ click the assembly in the viewport.
The following are selections from the Collect BOM Data dialog box.
• If Query Database is clicked, the system will open the BOM user interface of Design Data Management and display the BOM data of the selected assembly within the Design Data Management database. This option is available to Design Data Management users only.
To send the BOM data back to 3D Documentation, click the corresponding button in the database.
• When Scan Model is clicked, the system collects all the data by scanning through the selected assembly.
• One Level is selected by default and scans over the children of the specified assembly only, finding all parts and subassemblies.
• If All Levels is clicked, then all parts of all subassemblies (and not the subassemblies themselves) are scanned.
Collect defines the BOM data either by retrieving the BOM from the database or by retrieving the BOM from scanning the assembly.
Table displays the current BOM table.
New Pos Flag creates position flags. The first position flag will have position number 1; the second, 2, and so forth. This can be changed by opening the settings dialog and specifying a start and step value.
Modify Pos Flag modifies position flags. Properties that can change are the number text of a position flag and also where the position flag points to on
Delete Pos Flag deletes all position flags of the selected assembly and clears the corresponding column in the BOM table.