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Item Callout Balloon for Item Reference?
trevor_tollefsbol
Member Posts: 7 PRO
I have created an "Item" in our company account that represents a standard material we use across multiple SKUs (In this case, 2mm drawcord). When I add the item to the BOM and reference the component that is just a physical representation for that "Item" it adds both the "Item" and the Part that is a physical representation as separate line items in the BOM. I only want to show the "Item" in the BOM table, and have the balloon callout reference the "Item" instead of the physical Part.
If I set the properties of the physical Part to "Excluded from BOM", then the BOM table shows me what I want, but I cannot attach a balloon callout to the physical part in the exploded view that represents the "Item".
What am I missing in the process to make this work? Let me know if I've not explained it well enough, too. I can create a dummy example to demonstrate what's going on, but I can't share the specific example due to IP.
If I set the properties of the physical Part to "Excluded from BOM", then the BOM table shows me what I want, but I cannot attach a balloon callout to the physical part in the exploded view that represents the "Item".
What am I missing in the process to make this work? Let me know if I've not explained it well enough, too. I can create a dummy example to demonstrate what's going on, but I can't share the specific example due to IP.
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The second image shows how the callouts are listed in the drawing. I would like only the callout for the BOM Item (2mm DRAWCORD) to show in the table, and to be referenced when I add a Table Item Callout balloon to the exploded view.
If I make the physical representation of the drawcord to "Exclude from BOM", then the table displays correctly, but the balloon callout no longer references anything. Even after reattaching to the physical representation of the BOM Item. I know this is because it's looking for item 2 in the above image, but I want it to reference the added BOM Item (which is now the new item 2).
Maybe this just doesn't work with BOM Items, but I appreciate any help you can offer.
I use items only for adding grease, oil, glue and similar to the BOM, then I add a text note or a ballon with overwritten content to the part.
"Items cannot use callouts today. We do not have the support needed yet to allow this to work. I know we currently do pick parts to reference.. however we need face support so the callouts can be attached. Once we have it we will have what we need for auto balloon and other cool stacked balloon features. I will add you to the request so you are notified when we support this.
Your support ticket:
"BOM Item References"
has been marked as an improvement request."