The Tube Length Bill of Materials command exports a model's existing tube length measurements to a .csv file contains the following information:
- Length
- Diameter
- Arc1 Center XYZ
- Arc2 Center XYZ
- BendRadius
- BendAngleDegrees
- BendCenter XYZ
- Intersection XYZ
- Total length
Prerequisites:
- Tube length measurements have been created.
- In the Markups view, any Tube Length markups that are checked will be used to create the Bill of Materials. Check/Uncheck the markups appropriately.
- Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How?Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear button. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.
- Point to Tubing.
- Click Tube Length Bill of Materials.
- Select a folder and file name to save the bill of materials .csv file.
- Click OK.
Known Limitations
Differing Diameters
The Tube Length Bill of Materials uses the diameter measurement from the start of the tube. If a the tube changes in diameter, this can be reported in the Bill of Materials incorrectly.
Unicode Characters
Because the CSV format is simply a text delimited file, some characters could not be properly represented. Bill of Materials in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), and Korean will export in English.
