PDMWorks report bug

Hello,

I was wondering if some of you could verify the following bug with
PDMworks 2006 5.1 and up (inc. 2007)

Following scenerio. A checked-in assembly in the vault that consists
of parts & subassemblies.
Try to create a report and query for all parts only in this assembly
including the parts of the subassemblies.
The quantity of the parts is wrong, in my case. PDMWorks is not able
to show an accurate count of all
parts in the subassembly.
In order to get an accurate count, I had to make a temp assembly in
which all subassemblies are desolved,
and create a report from that file.

Do you find the same issue? I would like to verify that bug.
Unfortunately I am not on subscription so I can
not do that myself. The same issue is found in the latest version of
pdmw 2007.

Thanks,

Eman

 

Pdmworks 2007 sp4.0

Report works in that the total number of, "unique", parts is correct.

I.e., if you have two M6 nuts in the assembly, it will show as one part.

In my assembly, it shows 28 items, when parts selected

The total number of parts is 39.

Please note, that weld beads etc, are counted as parts.

You need to look at the quantity column to see the numbers of unique parts
used.

I hope this is helpful.

 

Hello Pete,

I have a 3 level assembly. Simple spoken, the top assembly consists of
2 subassembly. Each subassemly consists of two identical parts.

If I query assy & parts I get following quantity count.

desc. qty
sub assy 2
part 2

This is right as 2 x 2 makes 4 parts, however if I quere for parts I
get

desc. qty
part 2

This is wrong as it only shows me 2 parts, however I have 4.

What am I missing?

 

The clue is in the identical parts, if I reading your statement correctly.

sub-assembly 1
Part A
Part B

sub-assembly 2
Part A
Part B

Total assemblies = 2
Total " Identical" parts = 2

= Total 2 parts


Or

sub-assembly 1
Part A
Part A

sub-assembly 2
Part B
Part B

Total assemblies = 2
Total " Identical" parts = 2

= Total 2 parts

In other words, an assembly or sub-assemblies, are not parts.

 

Hello Pete,

Here is what I want. I have an assembly with parts and subassemblies
mixed together.
I want to create a report of all parts in this assembly. A master list
of how many parts
I need, in other words, count all instance of all parts and ignore the
fact that they are
joined together in subassemblies.

Can PDMWorks report do that or not?

Thanks in advance

 

i have confirmed using a simple assy/sub-assy/2 part example.

assy1
assy2(1)
part1
part2
assy2(2)
part1
part2

displays in pdmw reporting like this
assy1 qty1
assy2 qty2
part1 qty1
part2 qty1

never really used reporting.
not sure i understand the logic presented here.

 

Hello Kenneth,

Just a question, what do you use for creating BOM
outside Solidworks.


Eman