InsertItem Position Property

The Item Position Property command enables you to drive the part sequence numbering of the components.

When you start the command while editing a layout, a warning appears if you have not set the AutoSave model after drawing saving option of the Drawing category of the System Options. The warning informs you that your changes will be lost unless you either set the AutoSave model after drawing saving option or manually save both the drawing and the model.
This is because the position information is also stored in the model, and when you regenerate the layout the program reloads this information from the model. Thus, if you have not saved the latter, the position information you enter in the layout is lost.

The command selection list features the following options:
Sorting Select from the drop-down list the sorting order method:
  • By part number: the components are numbered according to the part number alphabetical order. In the model environment, the command enabes also multiple selections: the Selected Components: selector is available.
  • By insertion order: the components are numbered according to the order in which they have been inserted in the assembly, oldest first. In the model environment, the command enabes also multiple selections: the Selected Components: selector is available.
  • By selection: when you select this option, the program displays the Component selector that enables you to select the entities in the order you wish to have them numbered by picking them one by one. The program highlights the components with Part Data, and de-highlights them as soon as you assign the sequence number.
Start From Enter the number you wish to assign to the first component of the sequence. If Sorting is set to By selection, you see this number advancing by the value of Step when you assign the sequence number to a component.
Step Enter the numeric difference between two successive components.
Same item position for same part number This option enables you to assign the same number to components that have the same Part number: (see Part Properties Edit). When you check Same item position for same part number, in fact, the program recognizes any multiple occurrences of a part and assigns the same sequence number.
On the contrary, when you uncheck it, the program does not recognize any multiple occurrences of a part and assigns a different sequence number to all occurrences. This means that the part list includes a row per single part occurrence.
Hierarchy level
  • Top
    when selected, the renumbering is done only for the components selected.
  • Leaf
    when selected, the renumbering is done only for the leaf level components of the selected components.

The Hierarchy level: drop-down list has been added also to the Automatic Balloon and Manual Balloon commands.
The Leaf value has been added also in the Hierarchy level: drop-down list of the Part List category in the Part List Options dialog box. In the same category you can choose the character you want to use as Separator: when you export the part list to a file.
Also the ToolsPart List command contains the same enhancement in the Hierarchy level: drop-down list.

Skip components without part number
  • For Top level hierarchy, the command applies to top components with a part number. In case of BOM transparent components at the top level, the commands applies also to their first descendants with a part number.
  • For Leaf level hierarchy, the command applies to leaf components with a part number. For each leaf entity, all ascendant components must be BOM transparent or have a part number.

This option has been added also to the Automatic Balloon and Manual Balloon commands.
The Skip components without part number option is also in the Part List category in the Part List Options dialog box.

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