Bill of Materials
- Edit Text
Applies to Excel-based
Bills of Materials.
To edit text in a bill of materials (BOM):
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Double-click the BOM, or right-click the BOM and select Edit.
While the bill of materials is active, it is displayed with row
and column headers. Excel toolbars replace the SolidWorks toolbars.
Edit the worksheet as needed, using Excel functions.
You can perform these kinds of edits:
Edit the cells in the
Item NO. column or the DESCRIPTION
column. Before you edit the Item NO.
column, you must clear Row numbers
follow assembly ordering on the Control
tab of the Bill of Materials Properties
dialog box.
If you edit text in any column, the changes will
be lost the next time that the BOM updates for any reason.
To edit linked properties, Automatic
update of BOM in Tools,
Options, Document
Properties, Tables, Bill
of Materials must not be selected. If this option is selected,
the linked properties are reset to the values in the Summary Information
dialog box when you rebuild the drawing.
Rename the column headers. Type the new text in
the header cell or in the Formula Bar.
Do not
edit the text in the Name Box.
You
cannot delete the PART NO. column.
Add columns, before the cell marked $$END,
and rows. You can include rows for bulk items, such as oil or adhesive.
Change the order of the columns. Cut and paste
the existing columns until they are arranged as needed.
Hide columns. Right-click the lettered cell at
the top of the column, and select Hide.
If the BOM includes a column that you do not want to display, do not delete
it; hide it instead, otherwise the table could become corrupt.
Hide rows. Right-click the numbered cell at the
left of the row, and select Hide.
This has the same effect as clearing the check mark beside the item on
the Contents tab of the Bill of Materials Properties dialog
box.
You cannot delete or hide the header row.
Change the text alignment (left, right, center).
Adjust the column width or row height.
Change the text font.
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Some editing operations apply to an entire row or column in the
table. To select an entire row, click the numbered cell at the left of
the row. To select an entire column, click the lettered cell above the
column.
NOTE: The following types
of cell formatting are not supported in a bill of materials: cell shading
(colors and patterns), borders, text orientation (text at an angle), wrap
text.
Click outside the worksheet
to return to the drawing.