Having a reference part in an assembly drawing

HuguesLessardWRI

I am making a drawing of an assembly (sorry I can't share the drawing itself due to I.P.). The assembly itself is a tool intended to be mounted on a machine via an adapter plate. I want to have the adapter plate in the tool assembly drawing as "reference", but I do not foresee how to do it.

Best result would be to have the part in the drawing view being outlined in phantom line type and not showing in the BOM of this particular drawing.

OK solution would be to not have the adapter plate showing in the BOM of this particular drawing.

I know option exists to "Exclude from BOM" in part/assembly properties, but, as far as I've tested it, it will exclude from BOM of any assembly I ever make with such part. I feel like I am missing something obvious that is just a single right-click away from happiness.

alnis

Alternatively, if you are using the adapter plate as a reference point for in-context design, it may be cleaner and easier if you derive the adapter plate into your part studio, and then the part is completely separate from the original, so you can exclude it from the BOM safely without doing so elsewhere. This will let you modify the appearance of the part without needing to make a "phantom" configuration or something in the original part. If you do need a version of the whole assembly with the option to include the plate in the BOM, then you could create a configuration table which suppresses the "phantom" instance from the part studio or the "real" instance that is included in the BOM (as well as relevant mates).

tim_hess427

I believe if you have different views in your drawing that reference different assemblies (they can be on separate pages), you can select which view your BOM is linked to. So, as long as you have a view that shows the tool only (and not the adapter plate), you should be able to reference this view with your BOM. 

I think this should also work if you your "tool" is a sub-assembly of a larger assembly.  Just create views for each and reference only the tool sub-assembly when making your BOM table. 

alnis

Alternatively, if you are using the adapter plate as a reference point for in-context design, it may be cleaner and easier if you derive the adapter plate into your part studio, and then the part is completely separate from the original, so you can exclude it from the BOM safely without doing so elsewhere. This will let you modify the appearance of the part without needing to make a "phantom" configuration or something in the original part. If you do need a version of the whole assembly with the option to include the plate in the BOM, then you could create a configuration table which suppresses the "phantom" instance from the part studio or the "real" instance that is included in the BOM (as well as relevant mates).