In the Component Properties dialog
box, you can assign a different value for Component
Reference for each instance of a component in an assembly.
For example, you can use Component
Reference to store the reference designators for an electrical harness
or printed circuit board assembly. When different instances of the same component have
different values for Component Reference, you can
show the instances as separate line items in a BOM. In drawings, you can also link the
value of a component reference to the text of a balloon.
In assemblies, right-click a component, click
Component Properties
, and
specify
a value for
Component Reference. The value
appears in braces { } at the end of the component name string in the FeatureManager
design
tree.
In SOLIDWORKS Routing, you can
assign values automatically when importing a P&ID document.
In assemblies or drawings, when inserting a column in a BOM, select
COMPONENT REFERENCE for
Column
type.
In drawings, when inserting balloons, select
Component Reference for
Balloon
text.
To link balloons to component reference
values, the drawing must contain a BOM with a COMPONENT
REFERENCE
column.
