Balloon numbers do not match BOM

I have for the first time tried ballooning an assembly drawing which has a
BOM table.
I've tried both the manual "balloon" and the "auto balloon" icons and in
both cases the balloon numbers do not match the item numbers in the BOM.

Why the hell not????
If I double click on the balloon text it says I can't change it because it
is "driven by component order". Is there some option I need to set to make
it "driven by BOM order"?

Just to add to my woes, it crashed on me whilst I was reading the help
files!

I'm on 2006sp4.1
Can someone please put me out of my misery?!

Regards,
John H

 

Once in a while here, I run into this issue, but it's mainly because my
company uses a seperate BOM. But I would suggest starting with the assembly
model. Make sure the tree is set up in the order you want it (top component
will be your Item 1, etc). Next, (and I'm winging this as I don't have SWx
open right now) select the option in your BOM properties that states
"follow assembly order" (which simply means that it'll reorder itself to the
assembly models tree order) The Ballons should magically adjust themsleves
acordinglyly. BTW, you can't double click on the ballon to change it
manually, but you can overide it by changing the item No. on the left side
from component #, to "Custom" and fill in the box below. (I occasionally
have to do this with stacked ballons indicating to 1 screw, as loctite is
used and here it is it's own entity on the BOM, so I have to customize the
second ballon to indicate the correct BOM #.)

Scott

 

John,
I have encountered problems with BOM and balloons under the following
conditions:
1. The view in question is not linked to the BOM. Solution is to right
click the view, go to properties, and link it to the BOM.
2. You have mulitple configurations and the view in question is not the
same configuration as the view used to place the BOM. A solution would
be to add the configuration to the BOM (Table Properties) or to change
the view configuration to the same as the BOM configuration.

Good luck,
Marty

 

Does the BOM configuration match the configuration of the drawing view.
This is usually the problem when the balloons don't match the BOM. If
you are using the SW BOM table there is a tab in the property manager
for changing the configuration. Also if you have more than 1 view make
sure that in the view property that the toggle to keep linked to BOM is
checked and the proper BOM is selected.

 

sometimes when i've seen this, i click on the icon in table properties to
follow assembly order (maybe twice).
it seem that it might reset something, almost like a rebuild of some sort.

Bill