Assembly Reports

QY CAD creates reports that provide information about the components that make up an assembly. The report information is collected from the local file properties of the referenced part or assembly documents. You can create:

• Assembly reports—For assembly and structural frame models, assembly reports list the parts and subassemblies in the model. You can generate these types of reports:

  • Bill of Materials—This report supports item number levels that match the assembly structure.

  • Exploded Bill of Materials

  • Summary of Atomic Parts

  • Parts List—This report is a flat list that shows the quantity of each element.

• Pipe and tubing reports—For pipe and tubing models, lists the pipes, tubes, hoses, and fittings in an assembly.

• Harness reports—For wire harness models, lists the harness components and connections in an assembly. You can create the following types of wire reports:

  • Top Level

  • Expanded

To produce an assembly bill of materials, you can run the Reports command from the QY CAD Assembly environment, from Design Manager, or from Windows Explorer. In Explorer, the Reports command is available on the shortcut menu of an assembly document (.asm).

For pipe parts, you can use the Pipe Report command in XpresRoute to create a report for the pipes and fittings in an assembly. This displays the Piping Report dialog box for you to specify report type and content:

• Report all the pipes in the assembly.

• Report only the currently selected pipes.

• Include pipe fittings.

• Create a total length or cut length report.

The Pipe Report command is not available if there are no pipes in the file.

For assemblies that contain rigid and adjustable tubing and hoses created in XpresRoute, you can produce two types of reports.

Assembly Reports

In the Assembly environment, you can use the Tools tab→Assistants group→Reports command to generate bill of material and parts list reports. Use the Options dialog box (Assembly Reports) to select and add property columns to extract tube information from the tube components.

For example, you can add columns to show values for:

• Tube Bend Radius

• Tube Outer Diameter

• Tube Wall Thickness

• Tube Inside Volume

• Tube End Treatment

To show the flattened length (cut length) of adjustable tubes and hoses in your assembly report, add this property column:

• Tube Flat Length

Bend Table Report

In the XpresRoute environment, you can use the Tools tab→Assistants group→Bend Table command to produce a bend table report showing the values of tubes and hoses.

In the Bend Table dialog box, the Cut Length field shows the flat length for each tube or hose you selected for the report.

For more information about bend tables in XpresRoute, see Generating tube information.

For wire harness parts, you can run the Harness Reports command from Harness Design to create a report for the components and connections in an assembly or a harness BOM consisting of all components and connections in an assembly.

When you run the Harness Reports command in Harness Design, you can specify which harness elements to include in the report:

• All harness components and connections in the assembly

• Harness components or connections currently selected

• Harness components or connections currently shown

You can use the Reports dialog box to specify whether a weldment assembly is treated as a single component, similar to a part; or as an assembly, where all its component parts are included in the report.

When you set the Expand Weldment Assemblies option, the component parts in the assembly are included in the report. When you clear this option, the weldment assembly is treated as a single part, and the component parts are excluded from the report.

If the assembly has been converted to an alternate assembly, in QY CAD the report is created for the active member. In Windows Explorer and Design Manager you can use the FOA Member Names dialog box to specify which member you want to create a report for.

If the assembly for which you are creating a report contains virtual components, use the Reports command on the Tools menu in the Assembly environment to generate the report. Teamcenter-managed virtual components are included in the report.

You can show assembly item numbers in assembly and structural frame reports, and in pipe reports. Assembly item numbers are saved with the assembly and are available for downstream use, for example, in balloons placed on a model and in ballooned parts lists placed on an assembly drawing. This ensures consistent part numbering is propagated across all applications of the model.

• To create item numbers in the assembly, select the Maintain item numbers check box in the Item Numbers page (QY CAD Options dialog box).

• To use these item numbers in assembly reports, select the Use assembly generated item numbers check box, which is available in the Report dialog box.

  Alternatively, you can leave this option unchecked and have the assembly Report command generate item numbers on the fly.

See the help topic, Item numbers in assemblies.

You can format the report using the Format option on the Reports dialog box. Using the Format Report dialog box, you can set the following:

• Font

• Column headings (based on available properties)

• Sorting method

Each property you include in the report will be a new report column. Standard properties you can choose from include Quantity, Document Number, Revision, and Author. You can also include custom file properties that you have recorded in the part and subassembly documents.

After you have formatted the report, you can preview the report output by selecting the OK button on the Format Report dialog box.

Many of the values shown in a report are stored in File Properties for individual parts and subassemblies that make up the assembly. Other values, such as mass, are calculated or added by choosing a material from the material table.

You can use the various tabs on the File Properties dialog box to control some of the report values, such as Document Number, Revision Number, Title, and Comments.

More information on the File Properties dialog box is found in the Property Text source list help topic.

After previewing the report, you have the following options:

• Save the current report.

• Print the current report.

• Copy the current report to the Clipboard.

• Create another report.

The Save As option allows you to define a storage location, document name, and output type. You can output the report as a text file (.txt) or rich text file (.rtf).