Place and roll-up a Parts List in nailboard

Cable and Harness nailboards and nailboard views support the Autodesk Inventor bill of materials for all harness objects except segments and splices. This means all harness objects with a unique part number, including all virtual parts associated to an existing harness object, are listed as separate components in the BOM.

In Cable and Harness sometimes cut-length items such as wires, cables, ribbon cables, and looms that are represented with unique part numbers in the BOM need to be 'rolled up' and treated as one object. This is done by using the Stock Number property. All other harness objects of the same type with the same part number are rolled up by default.

Place a Parts List in a nailboard

After you create a nailboard or nailboard drawing view, you can add a parts list. A parts list is generated from a BOM and shows all or only certain parts and subassemblies listed in the BOM database.

1. With a nailboard drawing active, click Annotate tab Table panel Parts List .
   Note: If necessary, right-click and select Finish Sketch to make Parts List available.
2. In the Parts List dialog box, browse to and select the harness assembly file to use. (Do not select the parent assembly file.)
3. Click OK.
4. In the graphics window, click a location to place the table.

You can modify the settings for a parts list after you place it in the drawing or nailboard. You can right-click the parts list in the browser or in the graphic window, and then select options to change the display and other elements of the parts list.

Add Stock Number property values to prepare for roll-up

To prepare harness objects for roll-up in the BOM, you must add a custom stock number property and value for each object to include.

1. In an active harness assembly, right-click the object to roll up, and then select Harness Properties from the context menu.
2. From the properties dialog box for that object, click the Custom tab.
3. On the Custom Tab, click the Name arrow to select Stock Number from the list.
4. For Type, ensure that Text is selected.
5. Enter a value. Typically the part number is used.
6. Click Add, and then click OK.

Roll-up parts list in nailboard

Once the Stock Number property and value is added to the appropriate objects and a parts list is placed on the nailboard drawing, you can initiate a roll-up. When you roll up by Stock Number, the length in the parts list represents the total length of the objects combined into 1 entry on the BOM.

1. Right-click the Parts List Table, and select Edit Parts List from the context menu.
2. In the Edit Parts List dialog box, click Group Settings.
3. Click the Group check box.
4. Verify that Stock Number is selected as the First Key.
5. Clear the Display Group Participants check box.
6. Click OK.