Parts List Problem

Hi, I am a free-lance mechanical drafter

with a problem. I wish someone would be

able to help me.

A client sends me an assembly file (.iam).

In the BOM the components are listed in

the way they were assembled.

He wants me to document the assembly

and send it back to him with a Parts List that

has a 'Part Number' column that is sorted

alphanumerically and an 'Item' column

that starts at '1' and increments by '1'.

This is what I do:

1. In the Edit Parts List dialog box I click on

the 'Sort' button and in the 'Sort Parts List' dialog

box select 'Sort by' Part Number. Then 'OK'.

2. Again in the Edit Parts List dialog box I click

on the 'Renumber Items' button which make the

numbers in the 'Item' column sort in the ascending

order and with blue color.

3. I click on the 'Save Item Overrides to BOM'

button and the 'Item' numbers turn black.

4. Finally, I click on 'Apply' then 'OK'.

The Parts List now has the desired arrangement.

The problem happens after I send the .idw file

to my client. On my client's computer the Parts

List losses the arrangement I applied and reverts

back to the original 'according to assembly'

arrangement.

How do I make the arrangement I did permanent

without sending the assembly file back to my client?

Any help will be appreciated.

The problem, the way i understand it, is that what you are doing isn't really at the drawing level. When you save the overrides i believe it says something like "Save overrides to the Assembly BOM" right? I am pretty sure that info is contained at the .iam level and not at the .idw level. Not 100% sure but from my experience it seems like that.

Can't you just export the Table and or the drawing to a neutral format for the client to review? dwg, or pdf? I don't know if this will work but you can export BOM style as an xml document. maybe that can help if the client loads that, but again i think the edits are at the Assembly level. The only thing i can think of that might work is a manual list, or override. Not usually a good idea though as you lose the link to everything.