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Keena Wiegert
I have worked with a couple of different people, one save and replaces parts and assemblies as their part number, and the other keeps file names as something descriptive and changes the part number to a part number (eg. 1234 - P21354 or whatever). With this, you also have the drawing saved as its part number.
I like keeping the filename descriptive and using the part number as the part number (and drawing name as the part number), but then you have drawings that reference the file name not the part number, and you cant simply right click on the name and open drawing.
I think for my current project I will just have the file name as something descriptive, and just have the drawing name as the same. When the company prints to paper, the part number and description will be there anyway.
We always save individual parts (whether or not they require a drawing, as some are purchased library parts) with a descriptive file name using a naming procedure depending on what type of part it is. Project specific components (such as pipe spools, frame members etc) are given a descriptive file name prefixed with the job number.
For drawings; the manufactured parts drawings are named the part number. Project and quote drawings are named descriptively and, again, prefixed with the project number and a specific project number suffix depending on the discipline (frame, piping layout, electrical etc). Sounds like a lot to remember, and it is, but it works for us.
Each sub-assembly together with its parts are saved in separate sub-directories prefixed by a letter e.g A_Cryostat Outer, B_Radiation Shield etc. The parts beneath each sub-directory are prefixed with the directory letter + number + descriptive text e.g. A01_Cryostat upper flange, A02_Cryostat support flange etc.
For drawings numbers we use the job number concatenated with the part prefix e.g. 4120_A01 etc which are created using a macro on saving the drawing I tend to save all part drawings to a single directory which means they are naturally grouped by sub-assembly and listed alphabetically.
Having spent more time in the management side, a part number should be able to stand on it's own. In our system a fastener "BLT8FP08-24" is a Bolt, grade 8 Fine thread, Plated, 1/2" x 1 1/2" long. If it was a un-plated bolt, they would simply sub the P for a B for black.
The same with our own part numbers. We make about 18 different trailers, we can tell by the first eight digits of the part number the model and where on the trailer the part is generally located or if the part belongs on components for the truck and approximately where behind the cab of the truck the part belongs. We brake regions of the truck and trailers up into specific zones and have our part numbers match those zones.
Our first two digits are our model numbers, then the next two digits are our zones, then our last six digits are our part numbers. We also supplement our part numbers with decimal numbers at the end for revisions. A parts person can really guess and narrow down, since he knows the model and region were the part goes.
So, when we produce a parts list we do not want duplicates items in it. If the we produce the parts list from the main assembly and use structured all level BOM for the part list. Expand fastener assemblies to show all the fasteners. we can have the same fastener listed a number of times. So, for it to be only listed once they are grouped, but the issue is they are still given numerous item number depending on how many instances there were to start with.
I can appreciate that the model structure with fasteners in separate assemblies is causing this problem, but that solves another one. The simplest solution would be to assign a single item number to a grouped item, which is the original question.
In our situation we have created assemblies to hold groups of fasteners that are common within our assembly. When creating a part list from the top level assembly we were struggling to get similar fasteners to be listed(grouped) on one line and with one item number in the part list.
I have a sketch with text on my part. I am manually typing in the part numbers in the sketch of each part so that I can see the part numbers while I'm working on the model. Is there a way to get the part number from the iProperties of the part/assembly to populate the text in the sketch? As it stands now, it seems like I can only bring parameters into the sketch text but not iProperties.
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