Material in BOM

Hi, Is there any option to update the material info. given in the part
file automatically in the drawing BOM?

 

No, and it's one of the goofier things about Pro/e that so much information is
stored in the part through 'Edit>Setup' that is unavailable parametrically through
notes or in a table repeat region. Mass property calculations are available
through pro_mp_mass, pro_mp_volume, and other model analysis parameters. This is
only indirect access to the information through a calculation, using the density
and other material properties. But a simple thing, like a material name, stored in
the material file, is not. I have heard of storing the name on the Condition line
and somehow making that available parametrically, but I don't know how. Wait long
enough, though, and everything will eventually be fixed in a future rev.

David Janes

 

David is on the right track here, in your material file write the
material name in the CONDITION statement, add a parameter called
"material" and add the following line in your relation:
material=material_param("CONDITION")

Thats it.

Hugo