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Creating an Equation for Sorting

Some components are in the assembly multiple times. For example, there are five rubber feet on the bottom of the base plate. Component rubber feet appears at the bottom of the list because it costs the least.

Now create and sort by an equation that calculates the extended cost for each part.

  1. Click the arrow to the right of Cost.
  2. Click More.
  3. In the dialog box:
    1. In Properties, select Cost.
    2. In Column header, type Extended Cost.
    3. Select Use Formula.

      Cost appears in the equation box.

    4. In the equation box, type *.
    5. In Properties, select Quantity.

    The equation defines extended cost as cost multiplied by quantity.

  4. Click OK.

    Extended Cost appears at the top of the property column and the components are sorted from highest to lowest extended cost. Component rubber feet moves up to the middle of the list. In the graphics area, the colors of the parts adjust accordingly.

    You can right-click in the header area and select Unit Precision to change the number of decimal places.

  5. Save the assembly.

    The custom column data is saved so it will appear the next time you access Assembly Visualization in this model.

    You can save the list information in a separate file.

  6. In the header area of the list, right-click and click Save as.
  7. In the Save As dialog box:
    1. For Save in, select My Documents.
    2. For File name, type my_food_processor.
    3. For Save as type, select Text(*.txt).
    4. Click Save.

    The text file contains a list with the information from the Assembly Visualization panel.

  8. At the top of the panel, click Exit Visualization .

    The panel closes and its tab disappears.



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