BOM Cheat? Qty Value Override

ILoveMadoka · 发表于 2022-7-8 18:48:09

As a rule, in our BOM the QTY (quantity) equals how many of a part/assembly are
included/inserted in an assembly.
We've recently come across a couple situations where we need to
override that number for a particular item.

As an example, we have Screw X and we want the quantity to equal 100.
Is there a way to get a manually entered QTY to show in the BOM
for only one specific item when the BOM has many lines?
For all the other items I want the QTY to equal the total in the assembly.

It's like I need only 1 line in my BOM to read a Custom Property for this one item.

If this do-able?
Is there a different methodology for accomplishing this?

I really want to avoid inserting 100 instances of this one screw in my top assembly, even if it's a pattern. (If possible)

I know about manually typing in the cell to override that way...
Looking for a "different" option..

Solidworks 2015 (if that matters)

Please Advise

Thanks

SuperCAD · 发表于 2022-7-8 19:33:09

You can do a manual override but it will break the link to the quantity in the assembly. If you want to restore the link, right click on the cell and select that option.

ILoveMadoka · 发表于 2022-7-8 20:06:08

I once saw a post about creating a field with a "dummy quantity" that could be read in.
I wish I had saved the post and the link.
Something about setting another field = to the dummy quantity field and then setting an equation
so if the dummy was blank use the actual quantity else use the dummy quantity.

I remember I tried it but couldn't make it work...

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