Bill of Materials - Configuration
Applies to Excel-based
Bills of Materials.
The Configuration tab in the
Bill of Materials Properties dialog
box specifies basic display properties of a bill of materials. The other
tabs available in the dialog box are
and Control.
The software remembers your selections from session to session.
The Configuration tab controls
the following properties.
Use summary information
title as part number. If you assigned a part identifier number
in the title box of the
for the part, you can use that identifier in the bill of materials.
Use the document
note font when creating the table. When selected, the BOM uses
the text font specified for Note
in Document
Properties - Notes. Otherwise, the font specified in the BOM
template is used.
Choose one of the following to specify the way
to list sub-assemblies and their components in the bill of materials:
Show parts
only. Select this option to list only parts in the bill of materials.
Subassemblies are not listed; their components are listed as individual
items.
Show top
level subassemblies and parts only. Select this option to list
parts and subassemblies in the bill of materials. Each subassembly type
is an item; the individual subassembly components are not listed.
Show assemblies
and parts in an indented list. Subassemblies are listed as items;
subassembly components are shown below the subassembly to which they belong,
but without item numbers.
Use table anchor
point. The standard templates supplied with the software include
an
for placing the BOM in a specific location on the sheet. To use the point,
select this option, then select a location in Anchor
point coincident to to set the anchor point (Top
Left, Top Right, and so
on). If you do not use the anchor point, the BOM is placed on the sheet
near the selected view.
Anchor point coincident to controls the direction in which the
table expands when adding new columns or rows.
Set Anchor point coincident to:
Top Left. New columns extend to the right and new
rows extend below the anchor point.
Top Right. New columns extend to the left and new
rows extend below the anchor point.
Bottom
Left. New columns extend to the right
and new rows extend above the anchor point.
Bottom
Right. New columns extend to the left
and new rows extend above the anchor point.
Add new items
by extending top border of table. New components are always added
at the bottom of the table, and the rest of the table shifts upward. The
last row of the table remains in the same position on the drawing sheet.
This option applies only when you do not use an anchor point.