You
can assign component references to one component or to all top-level components in an
assembly.
In the Component References dialog box, you can assign component
references to top-level components in an assembly. To open the dialog box, right-click
the assembly name in the FeatureManager design tree and click Edit Component
References.
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.
