Exploded parts lists

You can use the Parts List command and options in the Parts List Properties dialog box to define and place an exploded parts list on an assembly drawing. An exploded parts list itemizes all subassemblies and component parts in the top-level assembly. Create this type of parts list when you want to show the entire structure of an assembly.

Use the General tab (or the Parts List command bar) to:

• Select the default QY CAD Exploded parts list style from the Saved Settings list.

• Define a custom exploded parts list style.

Use the Options tab to:

• Show the item numbers that were created in the assembly.

  Using item numbers from the model ensures the parts list item numbers do not change unless the model does. Otherwise, item numbers are generated on-the-fly by the Parts List command.

  Note:

  You can use the assembly model item numbers when the Maintain item numbers check box is selected in the assembly document on the Item Numbers tab in the QY CAD Options dialog box. For more information, see Item numbers in assemblies.

Use the List Control tab to:

• Display subassemblies and subassembly parts in an exploded parts list.

  You also can selectively exclude individual parts or components from the parts list.

• Show the top level assembly in a row by itself.

• Choose the item numbering format:

  • Level based item numbers, which indicate the hierarchy of an exploded parts list.

  • Flat list item numbers.

• Select the option, Multiply by subassembly count, to display the following information in the exploded parts list:

  • Total Subassembly Quantity

  • Total Part Quantity

Use the Columns tab to:

• Select and format the Item Number column headers and column data. If you are using level-based numbers, you can indent the item numbers and the content of data cells.

• Select additional data columns—Mass (Item), Mass (Quantity), Miter Cut 1, and Miter Cut 2—when generating parts lists for assembly models containing frames, pipes, or tubes.

Use the Sorting page to:

• Sort the item numbers in the same order that they are shown in Assembly PathFinder.

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