parts db progress...

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Zach,

Wow!

I've been recording the BOM for the Cartesian side of Darwin in an excel
spreadsheet. I'll put it up on the wiki so you can get a flavour of the
fields invovled
(http://www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/BOMForTheCartesianRobot). Hope this
helps...

I'm very much liking point 4 in your BOM directions!

eD


--On 08 April 2007 18:26 -0400 Zach Hoeken wrote:

> since i dont have a machine yet, i figured i'd kill some time working on
> the parts db process. its come along pretty well. i got the part admin /
> input section pretty well fleshed out. i dont have a 'suggest' feature
> yet, so if anyone would like to poke around / make changes to my stuff,
> just create an account, email me and i'll make you an admin.
>
> i've also tried to enter the data on what parts are needed... if there
> are problems, let me know and i'll update it. same thing with suppliers.
> now, i'm working on a parts list generator. i got all the data into a
> tree as you can see here: this is just sort of interesting in itself.
>
> [parts.reprap.org]
>
> i think i'm going to switch to a different system though... first, if
> there are alternatives, show a list of them which a user can choose via
> radio button. (with a default selected) then, it will find all the
> suppliers for each of the parts. it will then, allow you to choose who
> supplies your parts. this can also be defaulted. finally, it generates
> the list of suppliers for each part, calculates the cost, and formats it
> nicely.
>
> should be quite handy. for example, the universal board is
> cross-referenced between the extruder and stepper boards, as is the
> extruder controller in the thermoplast/support one.
>
> also, if anyone would like to play around with the data... heres a
> nightly dump of the data: [parts.reprap.org]
>
> ~Zavh




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Good work, Zach!


----- Original Message ----
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Subject: parts db progress...

Author: ZachHoeken
Username: ZachHoeken (ool-18bab6f6.dyn.optonline.net)
Subject: parts db progress...
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after entering *hopefully* all of the BOM that eD wrote up, i figured i should do something useful with it. now that i have a list of all the parts, i can go through and generate a list of unique parts and also the total quantities of each part. check it out:

[parts.reprap.org]

breakdown:
current total parts cost of project (no shipping): $405.38
current number of unique parts (rp included): 92

looking forward, it should be a simple matter of looking up suppliers for each unique part and breaking it down into what you need to buy, grouped by who you get it from. as an added benefit, it can order the suppliers based on who supplies you the *least* number of unique parts. if you can find an equivalent part from one of your other suppliers, you could lower sources and ideally costs/chaos.

also, it will initially suggest suppliers based on your country. you will also be able to enable/disable entire suppliers (with live updated stats on cost + estimated shipping!!!)
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I've been so bowled over by Zach's database that I have forgotten to
say how fabulously useful it all is. Your very good health, Zach!
This is indispensable.

Best wishes

Adrian

Dr Adrian Bowyer
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Quoting RepRap Forum Mailer :

> Author: ZachHoeken
> Username: ZachHoeken (ool-18bab6f6.dyn.optonline.net)
> Subject: parts db progress...
> Forum: Developers
> Link: [forums.reprap.org]
> Approved: Yes
>
> after entering *hopefully* all of the BOM that eD wrote up, i figured
> i should do something useful with it. now that i have a list of all
> the parts, i can go through and generate a list of unique parts and
> also the total quantities of each part. check it out:
>
> [parts.reprap.org]
>
> breakdown:
> current total parts cost of project (no shipping): $405.38
> current number of unique parts (rp included): 92
>
> looking forward, it should be a simple matter of looking up suppliers
> for each unique part and breaking it down into what you need to buy,
> grouped by who you get it from. as an added benefit, it can order
> the suppliers based on who supplies you the *least* number of unique
> parts. if you can find an equivalent part from one of your other
> suppliers, you could lower sources and ideally costs/chaos.
>
> also, it will initially suggest suppliers based on your country. you
> will also be able to enable/disable entire suppliers (with live
> updated stats on cost + estimated shipping!!!)
> _______________________________________________
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> Developers@reprap.org
> [reprap.org]
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