Bill of Materials Editing Features

SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 has Bill of Materials editing features that allow streamlined editing and rearranging of line items.

These new features are available in the Bill of Materials toolbar:
Option Description
Dissolve Click Dissolve and use the Dissolve dialog box to remove parent sub-structures and promote their child items into the current level that is under an editing state.
Add New Click Add New and use the Add New dialog box to add a new item to a BOM. If you have permission, you can select records from multiple objects.
Add New From Click Add New From and use the Add New From dialog box to add a new item using the selected item as the source record. This is similar to the New From function available in other areas.
Cut, Copy, and Paste Use the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands to copy or move items across levels.
Replace Use Replace to directly replace a selected item with a newly created record.
Copy From Click Copy From and use the Copy From dialog box to view the structure of the selected record and also select the items that you want to copy.