Accumulate Identical Parts

If one of the Etex attributes described above contains a function named !!assySummary, the parts list generation is set to operate in accumulative mode. That means, design parts within the assembly found as identical are treated and represented by one single item in the parts lists.

As an example, see the sample parts list template provided

/TT/AssemblyADP/SumPartsList/Cell8

Attribute ETEXT of TEXP is assigned the value !!assySummary(!partRefe,!asitem).

A set of PML functions meant for customization (in directory %PMLLIB%\assembly\userfunctions) set up the conditions of what makes design parts identified as identical.

assyPartCompareAttsForAccumulation.pmlfnc
assyPartsIdenticalForAccumulation.pmlfnc
assyPartValidForAccumulation.pmlfnc

Note:
When configured to accumulate identical parts some of the functions are adjusted to act accordingly.