Hi, I want to work with multi-sheet drawings to work with big assemblies. I use Simpl. Repr to use each Simpl Repr on each drawing sheet. To work better I want to create Drawing Representations, to load info of each sheet, so I only retrieve in session 1 Simpl. Repr and the just the info on that sheet. The problem is that I can't make BOM tables to work properly. BOM tables get frozen, and I can't unfreze them... Here's what I do:
I create an assembly with a simple structure à It has 4 subassemblies:
This assembly is too big to load all into session, so I’m creating 4 Simpl Repr, one with each subassembly, to work with each one of them separately:
My purpose is to use multi-sheets drawing, to load each Simpl Repr into each sheet, so I can work with each sheet separately.
I create a multi-sheet drawing, and on each of the drawing sheets I will use 1 Simpl Repr of the assembly. Each sheet has a FRONT view and a BOM Table.
Now, to work separately with each sheet, I create Drawing Representations:
I create a Drawing Representation for each Sheet, so when I open the drawing I can load just the model’s Simplified Representations of that sheet (for example Sheet 2):
I select to “Go to Sheet” 2, but I can’t make the Table Preferences to work as I want with the BOM Tables.
The structure of each subassembly will change, and I want this changes to be reflected on the Drawing Representations when I open them in the future. For example, in the future, inside each subassembly I create a part.
Now, depending on how I defined the Table Preferences when creating the Drawing Representations, the behavior of the drawing tables changes when opening the drawing…
1) If I open the whole drawing, all BOM tables are updated with new main assembly structure. à This behavior with BOM tables is correct, but charges all main assembly in session, so it’s not useful for working, as the assembly is too big.
2) If I selected Table Preference “Updating”, and open with Drawing Representation, all BOM tables are correctly updated with new structure à This behavior is OK for BOM tables, but as BOM tables in all sheets are updated, all models in all sheets are charged in session, so I’s not useful for work, as the assembly is too big
3) If I selected “Frozen” or “As Is”, and open with Drawing Representation, all BOM tables are frozen, and are not updated with new structure à this behavior will charge in session only the models in the desired Simplified Representation, but will not reflect changes in the structure of the BOM table
When the BOM table of the drawing sheet is frozen, I can’t unfreeze it anyway…
What I need is either one of these 2 things:
- Create a Drawing Representation which “Updates” just the Tables on the desired Sheet, not all of them, so it charges into session only the models in that Sheet’s Simplified Representation.
- When a Table is frozen, be able to unfreeze it, and reflect the new structure in the Simplified Representation.
You can find the models of the example on the attached file "Drawing_Representations_Example.zip"