PROCEDURE FOR CREATING AUTOMATIC BILL OF MATERIALS THROUGH DETAILING IN PRO-E

PROCEDURE FOR CREATING AUTOMATIC BILL OF MATERIALS
THROUGH DETAILING IN PRO-E

Following steps to be followed for the Creation:
(This refers only to an Assembly detailing)

1.Table < Create < Ascending < Leftwards < By Num Characters < Pick point (pick the right extreme corner above the title block in the drawing format.- Numbering system appears horizontal. Pick the required width for each column. For eg. From the right extreme, Material, Description, Qty, Description, CPN, Sl.No.- After clicking the required width for each column, click middle button (accept button), so that, the numbering system appears vertical. Now, click on the required row height and make 2 rows and click the middle button for ending the command. 2.Now, the text in the table to be justified before entering the text. - Table < Mod Rows/columns < Justify < Column < Center < Middle < Pick all the columns in the table. 3.Table < Enter Text < Keyboard < Pick the 1st column in table & enter Sl.No. - Similarly pick the 2nd column in the table & enter CPN - Pick the 3rd, 4th and 5th (in the example shown above) and enter QTY, DESCRIPTION and MATERIAL / REFERENCE respectively. - Note that all these descriptions will appear at Center & Middle of each column. 4. But All Description text should start from Left of each Row: - Table < Mod Rows/columns < Justify < Column < Left < Middle and pick the Description column. 5.Entering the BOM Parameters:- Table < Repeat Region < Add < Simple < Pick the cell above the Sl.No. and above the Material/Ref. Observe that the full Row will be highlighted in RED color)- Enter text < Report Sym < pick the cell above Sl.No. > rpt > index(rpt.index will appear above the Sl.No.)- Repeat this & pick the cell above CPN > asm > mbr > name (asm.mbr.name will appear above the CPN)- Pick the cell above QTY >rpt>qty(rpt.qty will appear above Qty)- Pick the cell above Description > asm > mbr > user defined > TYPE > Description. (asm.mbr.description will appear above Description)- Pick the cell above Material / Ref > asm > mbr > userdefined > material ( asm.mbr.material will appear above Material / Ref)
6. Repeat Region > Update Tables: Observe at this stage that, the Qty will not appear. If for eg. the same part is used around 10 times in the assembly, you will observe that this same part will repeat 10 times in the Bill of Material. - Observe that the BOM will appear as per the assembly Order sequence at this stage.
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7. How to get the Quantity in the column & all repeated parts should sum up interms of Quantity ?: Repeat Region > Attributes > Pick the region > No duplicates > Accept Default values > Done (Observe that the quantity will appear now and it sums up all the repeated parts used and it reflects its total number in the quantity column) - You can also observe that the whole Bill will Rearrange itself in Ascending Order with respect to asm.mbr.name (CPN wise)
8. How to arrange back the BOM in the Assembly Order Sequence?: - Repeat region > Fix index > pick the region > Fix > Record > pick the number in the Sl.No. column which has to appear first as per the assembly order sequence > TYPE “1” > Done. - Repeat the same procedure for other items and enter the Sl.No. accordingly.
9. Creation of Automatic Balloning in the Assembly View: - BOM Ballon > Set Region > pick region > set Param > pick the region in the Bill> show > By view > pick the view. - Rearrange the balloning neatly in the required views.


The advantage of Auto balloning is If the Sl.No. of the item is changed, the Ballooning will automatically change according to the changed Sl No. (the associativity is maintained)