Bill of Materials
- Overview
A drawing can
contain an Excel-based Bill of Materials or a table-based
Bill of Materials, but not both.
You can insert a bill of materials (BOM) into the drawing of an assembly.
You can insert table-based BOMs directly into an assembly or part. If
you add or delete components in the assembly, the bill of materials automatically
updates to reflect the changes if you select the Automatic
update of BOM option in Tools
> Options > Document Properties > Tables > Bill
of Materials. Such changes include adding, deleting, or replacing
components, changing component names or custom properties, and so on.
To insert an Excel-based bill of materials in a drawing,
you must have Microsoft Excel installed on your computer. See SolidWorks System Requirements for the supported
versions of Microsoft Excel.
Rows in bills of materials are combined when all
fields (except for Item Number)
are the same. However, bills of materials in drawings created in releases
prior to SolidWorks 2000 are not automatically updated to combine rows.
You cannot delete the PART
NO. column.
You can insert balloons
or stacked
balloons that label the parts in an assembly and relate them
to item numbers in the bill of materials.
SolidWorks includes several BOM
in the following directory: <install_dir>\solidworks\lang\<language>.
You can embed dimensions and mass property parameters
into values of custom
properties in part documents. You can then include the custom properties
in a bill of materials. The values in the BOM update automatically
if the part dimensions or mass properties change.
Related Topics
Bill of Materials
- Configuration
Bill of Materials
- Edit Text
Bill of Materials
- Inserting
Bill of Materials
- Multiple Configurations
Detailed
Weldment Cut Lists in BOMs
Working
with Parts or Assembly BOMs