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info\Bill of Materials customisation

Hello James,





at your question about where shoud you paste information I think I can help you:


After you created a bom_format.fmt file adding all useful parameter on it store this file in a place like Proengineer startup folder, than open under ProE Utilities/Options andunder option line write bom_format and click on find; on next open window click on bom_format under option list and browse to the folder where you have saved your bom_format.fmt file, click on it after click ano add/change, close


On the main options window click on apply than close.


In this way always when you will generate aBOM file ProE will use yuor defined file





Good luck
 
Hi

I have the same problem (WF2.0).

I am trying to customize my Bill of Material (adding user defined parameters).

I tried to use the following fmt:
***************************
.breakdown
%$type %$name contains:
.titles Qty; Name; Type; Material; Cost;
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
.row %$quantity[-5d]; %$name[-18.18s]; %$type[-9.9s]; %material[-30.30s]; %cost[-6.2f]
============================================================ ====================
.summary
Summary of parts for assembly %$name:

.titles Quantity; Name;
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
.row %$quantity[-5d]; %$name[-20.20s]

TOTAL COST: $%[$total(cost)][7.2f]

TOTAL PART COUNT: %[$total($quantity)][-5d]
***************************

but I had the following error:
%ERROR - FORMAT SPECIFIER TOO LARGE OR TRANSLATED LINE TOO LONG.

So I tried the link:
http://www.eern.com/proe/tips/Custom Boms/custom.htm

but the link didn't work....

please help!

bruno
 
Problem solved! (a colleague of mine solved it)

You need a Unix editor to create the custom_bom.fmt file

The standard windows notepad doesn't work; Pro/e will always return the following error:

%ERROR - FORMAT SPECIFIER TOO LARGE OR TRANSLATED LINE TOO LONG.


You can find a free editor for windows here:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
 
Notepad actually works fine... but youneed to make sure you leave an empty line at the bottom of the your file, else you get the error you mentioned.


-Brian
 
Now another kind of question: Is it possible to generate user defined parameter from Info/Bill of materials html file??


Yes I know that this sounds strange but I wont to create parameter that will be equal to quantity of single component in assembly (one part). Now you will tell me to use repeat region to do that to produce quantity of parts BUT there is one single tiny problem:
WildFire crashed every time when quantity of single part overcome number of 40 000!!!! (exactly limit I haven't time and nerves to discover) in drawing/repeat region.
But Info/ Bill of Materials works fine and it shows quantity bigger then 70 000!



Now i wont to create parameter which will be used in repeat region to show quantity of this part without crash of Pro


Also I called PTC support and this issue was submitted to SPR, but I need now this assembly drawings with exact quantity so if anyone have idea pleas let me know.
 
Hi, again about BOM file:


All I know is that this file is a text file so about HTML version I cannot help you.


If you want to add user defined parameters in a BOM file that it is possible.


I add here my BOM file configuration:


Bill of material for:


%ter_tekeningnaam (%$name), Product number: %ter_tekeningnr[6s]


.breakdown


%$type %$name Product number: %ter_tekeningnr[6s]
contains:
.titles Type:; Quantity: ; Product number:; Product description: ; Product name: ;

.row %$type[6.9s];%$quantity[-4d]; %ter_tekeningnr[-6s] ; %$name[-20.20];%ter_tekeningnaam[-6s]


.summary
Summary of parts for assembly %$name Product number: %ter_tekeningnr[6s]


.titles Type:; Quantity: ; Product number: ; Product description: ;
.row %$type[6.9s];%$quantity[-4d]; %ter_tekeningnr[-6s] ; %$name[-20.20]





little explanation: the parameters which have in front of name the sign $ are parameters generated by ProE ; the other which start with sign % are user defined parameters .One more trick: when you use BOM file with option "on screen" the file will be shown on screen very different than when is created on "file".


All the numbers included after each parameter between [ ] are for positioning and distance between values, so on use for that the help of ProE!.





Goodluck
 
Hello!
I need the tutorial also!
unfortunately, the link is not working any longer.
Can somebody help ?
Thank you very much,
Holger
 
Howdy Y'all,



Okay, I'm hacking my way through this jungle again.



FYI, I started using Pro/E around 1993, I think rev. 9 was my first. I
was an AE for PTC, all those years ago. And you know what? The BOM
stuff STILL sucks.



Worse, the HELP features are worthless: back in the day the manuals had
all the details you needed to construct a custom BOM. Now you have to
go online and pick some brains to get any info. What a load of carp.



Okay, enough bitching. I finally created a .bom text file that's almost
usable. The problem I was having? The on-screen display is different
from the text file! The on-screen BOM does not calculate 'totals' such
as total number of parts. How annoying is that?



I still haven't (re)figured out the whole formatting thing. I know 's'
is for 'string' and 'd' is decimal, and the numbers have something to
do with spacing the columns. When (or if) I get the details refreshed
in my head, I'll post them.



Thanks all, for pointing me in the right direction. At least now
I have a BOM that tallies the total part count, which is farther than I
was this morning!



c.
 
Does anyone know how to make the BOM look like a commonspace BOM structure, with the sub-level-components arranged in similar way (icon or level-number) so you can see a fully exploded BOM?

heres another link for the Bom_format file:
http://www.imakenews.com/ptcexpress/e_article000392936.cfm?x =b4RtGQn

Adding Cost to BOMs and Calculating a Total


Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire allows you to add the cost of parts, giving you a product
 
cc_rider said:
Howdy Y'all,

Okay, I'm hacking my way through this jungle again.

FYI, I started using Pro/E around 1993, I think rev. 9
was my first. I
was an AE for PTC, all those years ago. And you know
what? The BOM
stuff STILL sucks.

Worse, the HELP features are worthless: back in the day
the manuals had
all the details you needed to construct a custom BOM. Now
you have to
go online and pick some brains to get any info. What a
load of carp.

Okay, enough bitching. I finally created a .bom text file
that's almost
usable. The problem I was having? The on-screen display
is different
from the text file! The on-screen BOM does not calculate
'totals' such
as total number of parts. How annoying is that?

I still haven't (re)figured out the whole formatting
thing. I know 's'
is for 'string' and 'd' is decimal, and the numbers have
something to
do with spacing the columns. When (or if) I get the
details refreshed
in my head, I'll post them.

Thanks all, for pointing me in the right direction. At
least
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