wannaCAD Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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