Import Assy BOM & create parts?

[andrewc]

Can you import a BOM and create an assembly and its Pro-E parts ?
I have a 30 component Assembly BOM (excel format) with part numbers and part names. Questions I need to discuss ?
1) Can I use excel BOM ( possiblyin Intralink ? ) to create an assembly automatically from the BOM ?
2) Any 3rd party software to allow me to do this ? Can you then read number and name data from the excel BOM ?
3) This is a redraw of existing 2D assembly (not AUTOCAD) Any other way to do this ?
I hope I put this in the right forum. Thanks in advance
Andrewc

 

[Israr]

Simply I would say no or not exactly.


Israr

 

[puppet]

how could any cad package tell how the parts are assembled from the bom?

just add 30parts end on end? from start to finish?

randomly scatter them in space?



i am with Israr, very much doubt it

 

[andrewc]

I know the Assembly constraints could never be satisfied, but when you start a new assembly you are initially unaware of what goes where.A simpledefault coordinate constraint would do just fine to build up the first level (or 2nd level ) assembly tree.
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ERP systems contain a correct BOM structure; and a few thousand old products from old 2D data. It could keep anybody employed for a century, rebuilding this lot or you could start with a structure from the ERP system?
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Then later you could / copy & rename / restructure / import geometry / UDF / etc to build up the correct geometry models and assembly.
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I realize that the advantages may be small (?) but Ithought it was worth a look.
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Would it bepossible witha complex Pro-Program routine ?

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Edited by: andrewc

 

[puppet]

Sorry Andrewc,


only really done simple things with pro-program. Ive no
idea.