Multibody BOM With Cutlist

    So you’ve built this awesome set of cavity and core blocks with the Mold Tools in Solidworks.  You did everything in the right order.

  • Imported your neutral file from your customer.
  • Fixed up the missing geometry for molding (because there is always some thing not quite right)
  • Added shrink.
  • Parting line
  • Etc.

 

Multibody Cavity Build
Multibody Cavity Build

 

    Check, were all good. You get to the end of your workflow and you would like to show your “Multibody  Exploded view new for 2012 and it works awesome!

    As a sideline it’s as easy as it is in the assembly. If you can’t find the command type into the search command box in the upper right hand of your SOLIDWORKS window and look for the command. Drag it on to any toolbar you want. My rule is if I need it more than 2 times, it is going on a toolbar.

Command Search it's awesome!
Command Search

 

    Back to the point of this discussion. I want to make a drawing with a top level BOM.  I take my multibody exploded view in isometric and I insert it into a drawing.

 

1 Item, description...bummer :(
BOM as Multibody

 

    Problem here is after I insert my BOM…its parts only and since this is a multibody it calls it out as 1 part, 1 description. Boo Hiss!

One and done boo...hisss.....
1&1 yuk 🙁

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    The good news here is you can turn anything into a weldment at any time. So at this point I want to leverage the cut-list functionality of the Weldment feature.  

Make me a Weldment
Yeah Weldments!

       So now all you have to do is fill out the properties for the cut-list items that you want and reinsert your BOM. This time you have another option.So now all you have to do is fill out the properties for the cut-list items that you want and reinsert your BOM. This time you have another option.

Filling out your properties for your cut-list
So now all you have to do is fill out the properties for the cut-list items that you want and reinsert your BOM. This time you have another option.
Indented BOM with Flat Numbering
Yeah!

    It works great and could be used in a top-level BOM of a completed mold assembly. The final results look like this.

Fulley Detailed BOM from a Multibody part!
Nice!

 Hope this helps,

 

Todd Werginz

Computer Aided Technology

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