PDMWorks report bug

Pdmworks 2007 sp4.0

Report works in that the total number of, "unique", parts is correct.

I.e., if you have two M6 nuts in the assembly, it will show as one part.

In my assembly, it shows 28 items, when parts selected

The total number of parts is 39.

Please note, that weld beads etc, are counted as parts.

You need to look at the quantity column to see the numbers of unique parts used.

I hope this is helpful.

:-)

Hello Pete,

I have a 3 level assembly. Simple spoken, the top assembly consists of

If I query assy & parts I get following quantity count.

desc. qty sub assy 2 part 2

This is right as 2 x 2 makes 4 parts, however if I quere for parts I get

desc. qty part 2

This is wrong as it only shows me 2 parts, however I have 4.

What am I missing?

The clue is in the identical parts, if I reading your statement correctly.

sub-assembly 1 Part A Part B

sub-assembly 2 Part A Part B

Total assemblies = 2 Total " Identical" parts = 2

= Total 2 parts

Or

sub-assembly 1 Part A Part A

sub-assembly 2 Part B Part B

Total assemblies = 2 Total " Identical" parts = 2

= Total 2 parts

In other words, an assembly or sub-assemblies, are not parts.

Hello Pete,

Here is what I want. I have an assembly with parts and subassemblies mixed together. I want to create a report of all parts in this assembly. A master list of how many parts I need, in other words, count all instance of all parts and ignore the fact that they are joined together in subassemblies.

Can PDMWorks report do that or not?

Thanks in advance

i have confirmed using a simple assy/sub-assy/2 part example.

assy1 assy2(1) part1 part2 assy2(2) part1 part2

displays in pdmw reporting like this assy1 qty1 assy2 qty2 part1 qty1 part2 qty1

never really used reporting. not sure i understand the logic presented here.

Hello Kenneth,

Just a question, what do you use for creating BOM outside Solidworks.

Eman

we retired pdmw and now use dbworks.