Displaying frame quantities in the Parts List

Issue You created an assembly containing frames inserted with the Frame Generator. You then created the assembly views and now you want to know how to display the quantities of different length frames in the Parts List rows (see image below).

Solution To display frame quantities in the Parts List 1. In the Bill of Materials, click the Model Data tab. 2. On the Model Data tab, expand the Frame subassembly tree. 3. Select all the frame rows (select the first row, press and hold Shift, and then select the last row). 4. Under the Base QTY column, in one of the frame cells, click the arrow on the right. 5. In the dialog box, expand the Standard Quantity tree, select Each, and then click OK. 6. Verify that Each is listed in the Frame cells under the Base QTY column. 7. In the drawing file, insert the Parts List. 8. Edit the Parts List. 9. In the Column Chooser dialog box, click New Property. Create the G_L property. The new property is automatically added to the Selected Properties list. 10. Add the Standard and Stock Number properties. 11. Remove the properties that correspond to the columns you do not want display. Click OK. 12. In the Parts List dialog box, click Group Settings. 13. In the Group Settings dialog box, select the Group check box and set the G_L property as the first key. 14. Clear the Display Group Participants check box. Click OK. 15. In the Parts List dialog box, select the G_L column, and then right-click. On the shortcut menu, click Format Column. 16. In the Format Column dialog box, click the Column Format tab. 17. On the Column Format tab, enter a descriptive name in the Heading field, such as "Frame Length." 18. Click OK to close each dialog box.

Displaying sum of item in BOM

Issue You want to your BOM to display the sum for any item that has a quantity (QTY) greater than one. Solution To change your BOM to reflect the sum of an item that has a QTY greater than one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Open the IDW file. Click Format menu > Styles. In the Styles Editor, verify that your Styles library is Read/Write, and not Read Only. In the left pane, click Parts List > Parts List (ANSI). Under Property, right-click Mass. Click Format Column. In the Format Column dialog box, click the Substitution tab, and select Enable Value Substitution. Under When Rows are Merged, change First Value to Sum of Values. Verify that Apply Units Formatting is selected. Click Save.

Now, when you place a new parts list, the sum will be displayed.

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file. 1. Open up your command prompt by typing cmd in the run dialog box and hitting Enter. 2. Navigate to the directory which has the files and type the following command DIR /B /O:N > filename.txt This will save all the filenames in the current directory to a text file. The text file will be saved in the same directory. 3. To save file names from any sub-directories in the current folder, just add /S like DIR /B /O:N /S > filename.txt That's all!