Material iProperties - Cost by Linear Feet.

[Bloodwig80]

Hello:

I am making parts and assigning costs to each part. I am making good progress when it comes down to hardware such as screws, nuts, bolts, etc.

However, part of the manufacturing includes tubes which we purchase by linear feet. So i come to the dilemma of how to make Inventor recognize the pricing of a solid going by linear feet.

For now i am mostly importing the die shapes from dwg and making sure they are really clean and with no errors, but soon im going to have to start assigning pricing to everything.

Any insight into this is much appreciated. Maybe im not supposed to be doing this through the iProperties but instead another way? :unsure:

Bloodwig80

[Bloodwig80]

Well, i have been importing the material dies for now and extruding them to 12" lengths. I still havent found any option for this... :geek:

[Mr T]

It would be helpful to post your version number :) , below is relevant to IV7.

I have looked at the design assistant which is really for tracking parts across projects.

BOM is what you need I think. See a pasted excerpt from the helpfile below.

Nick

A bill of materials is a table that contains information about the parts within an assembly. This can include quantities, names, costs, vendors, and all of the other information someone building the part might need.

Bill of materials information is automatically collected from iProperties in the Properties dialog box, such as the Title and Part Number from the Project tab. Using the Bill of Materials option on the Tools menu, you select which properties to include in the bill of materials, in what order the information is presented, and in what format to export the information. The exported file can be used in an application such as a spreadsheet or text editor. You can also export a bill of materials (partial or full) to an Engineer's Notebook note.

[Bloodwig80]

i have version 10. thanks for the info mr. T

i actually stumbled upon BOM's yesterday while in my search but didnt think much of it. i guess i will go read up on my BOM's :D

[Mr T]

A SERIOUSLY labour saving tool for complex assemblies and projects.

8) Nick