Set decimal places for BOMs

[bigseb]

Is there any way to set these? I'm getting 6 decimal places and can't find where to change it to 1. Now my jig plate is showing a value of 131,132137kg... which is ridiculous.

 

[HPM]

Ist das die Lösung?

 

[DavidJ]

Seb,

I suspect there may be a way - I have a couple of BoMs one shows 6 decimal places for mass, the other shows 3. The annoying thing is I can't find what causes the difference in display! Will let you know if I get to the bottom of this, and if it can be used to set number of decimals at will.

 

[bigseb]

Ist das die Lösung?

Hab auch gedacht dass es das sein könnte. Bin nicht dazu gekommen es aus zu probieren. Versuch ich Morgen.

 

[bigseb]

Seb,

I suspect there may be a way - I have a couple of BoMs one shows 6 decimal places for mass, the other shows 3. The annoying thing is I can't find what causes the difference in display! Will let you know if I get to the bottom of this, and if it can be used to set number of decimals at will.

Thanks.

 

[DavidJ]

Seb,

Please don't ask for an explanation - I can't work one out. But try this.

Set DISTANCE Units for the assembly to cm, with precision of 1, save file.

Create a NEW BoM for the assembly - add the Weight column if not already in your template.

 

[DavidJ]

Seb,

Possible edit to the above you may need to experiment with units setting for the assembly - cm isn't universally the one to use.

I got all kinds of odd results whilst looking into this. Though I sometimes saw changes in assembly properties take effect on refresh of BoM, it's probably safer to make new BoM after changes just to be sure.

 

[DavidJ]

There is an enhancement request already logged to allow setting of precision directly in the BoM - presumably this would work somewhat like a dimension style in a 2D drawing.