Adding Child Conditions to BOMs

You can add conditions to restrict the addition of child item records based on the record’s status and field values. This helps apply company policies for adding records to BOMs.

To add child conditions to BOMs:

  1. In the System Administration tool, under Structures, select an object and click Edit .
  2. Open the Bill of Materials wizard.

    If you edit a record or document object other than a SOLIDWORKS PDM object, click the BOM tab.

  3. Select the Bill of Material object in the list and click Edit .
  4. In the BOM Properties dialog box, click the Children tab.
  5. Click the cell under Statuses allowed for the BOM variant and select the required status.
  6. In the Conditions column for a BOM object, click ellipses in the cell to add conditions that restrict items to add to the BOM.
  7. In the Do not allow adding items to BOM if these conditions are met dialog box, enter the required conditions and warning message.
  8. Click Save and Close.