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BOMs

Wrong item number displayed on balloons
Hello ! New user here, I try to create an exploded view with balloons on an assembly, but it looks like my balloons are only linking the "top level" item number. I have a subassembly (1.1, 1.2, 1.3...) and the balloon only show "1" for all parts of the subassembly. Same thing for the part number : If i select Table:Part…
Mass in BOM
I think this is really a feature request as I dont believe its possible. But I would be very nice, and in some cases a critical feature, to be able to add mass as a column in the BOM. Am I missing something and this is already possible?
Using beams in assembly, can you pull out total lengths
Hi, I have been working on some designs that use beams features to create a frame. We need to get total lengths of each of the profiles used in the design to order stock material. I have had to do this by manually inputting into the description property for each part, with the profile and length, and export out the full…
Best practice, ball bearing model from import
I have a project that will require the use of shielded ball bearings. I downloaded a model from the vendor website (I used solidworks format). The model is imported into a part studio as individual components that make up the bearing. I would like to have only a single instance of the bearing, and assign the part number…
BOM grayed-out fields
Why are some BOM fields grayed-out? (This is probably somewhere in the reference materials but I can't find it.)

Wrong item number displayed on balloons
Hello ! New user here, I try to create an exploded view with balloons on an assembly, but it looks like my balloons are only linking the "top level" item number. I have a subassembly (1.1, 1.2, 1.3...) and the balloon only show "1" for all parts of the subassembly. Same thing for the part number : If i select Table:Part…
Mass in BOM
I think this is really a feature request as I dont believe its possible. But I would be very nice, and in some cases a critical feature, to be able to add mass as a column in the BOM. Am I missing something and this is already possible?
Using beams in assembly, can you pull out total lengths
Hi, I have been working on some designs that use beams features to create a frame. We need to get total lengths of each of the profiles used in the design to order stock material. I have had to do this by manually inputting into the description property for each part, with the profile and length, and export out the full…
Best practice, ball bearing model from import
I have a project that will require the use of shielded ball bearings. I downloaded a model from the vendor website (I used solidworks format). The model is imported into a part studio as individual components that make up the bearing. I would like to have only a single instance of the bearing, and assign the part number…
BOM grayed-out fields
Why are some BOM fields grayed-out? (This is probably somewhere in the reference materials but I can't find it.)

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