You
can
specify
properties for Bills of Materials.
To open the Bill of
Materials PropertyManager, do one of the following:
- Click Bill of Materials
on the Table toolbar, or with
a document open, click .
- Click the pan icon
in the upper-left corner of an existing bill of
materials.
BOM Options
Create
new table |
Creates a new drawing
table. |
Copy
existing table |
Copies a BOM saved from a
referenced assembly or part. Select a BOM from the list. Select
Linked to link the data
in the drawing BOM to the assembly BOM. You can unlink the BOMs but
you cannot relink them. Changes made in either BOM are reflected in
the other. Formatting is not linked. |
Table Template
 |
Open
table template for Bill of Materials |
Choose a standard or custom template. This option is
available only during table insertion. The BOM columns match those
of the template you select.
|
Table Position
The stationary corner controls the direction in which the table
expands when adding new columns or rows.
The Stationary corner
option is not available when you create the table. If the table is anchored on
creation, the stationary corner is automatically selected on the drawing sheet in
the quadrant nearest the table anchor.
Stationary corner |
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.
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|
Attach
to anchor point |
Attaches the specified corner to
the table anchor. |
BOM Type
Top-level only |
Lists parts and subassemblies, but
not subassembly components. |
Parts
only |
Lists subassembly components as
individual items. Does not list subassemblies. |
Indented |
Lists subassemblies. Indents
subassembly components below their subassemblies. Select:
- No
numbering
- Detailed
numbering

- Flat
numbering

|
- If you change the BOM
Type of an existing BOM, the document file size increases
and may slow performance. You can delete the original BOM, then insert a new
BOM with the required BOM Type.
- You can dissolve subassemblies in a bill of materials.
Detailed cut list |
Displays detailed cut list
information when you create a BOM for a document that includes
weldment parts. |
Dissolve part level rows |
Dissolves all weldment part level
rows automatically. |
Calculate quantity using BOM
quantity |
When selected,
the
software takes the property
in
BOM
Quantity
and uses the value as the multiplier. When cleared, the BOM displays
the quantity as the number of instances. |
BOM Scaling
You can scale the BOM size. Available only after you click the pan
icon
in the upper left corner of
an existing bill of materials in a part or assembly.
Configurations
Lists quantities in the BOM for all selected configurations. Select
configurations manually, or click Select all
configurations
or Unselect all configurations
.
Part Configuration Grouping
Specifies how parts with multiple assembly configurations appear in
the BOM.
Display as one item number |
Uses the same item number for
different configurations of a component in different top-level
assembly configurations. Each unique component configuration can be
present in only one of the assembly configurations in the BOM. This
option applies when you create a BOM. If you switch it after the BOM
is created, there is no change. When you use this option, set
BOM Type to Top-level only. For example, one configuration of an assembly has the following
components:
- part1 (config_A)
- part1 (config_A)
- part1 (config_A)
And another configuration of the
same assembly has different configurations of the same
component:
- part1 (config_B)
- part1 (config_B)
- part1 (config_B)
A Top-level only BOM that references both
assembly configurations with Display
as one item number selected appears as:
ITEM NO. |
PART NUMBER |
config_A /
QTY. |
config_B /
QTY. |
1 |
part1
(config_A) |
3 |
- |
1 |
part1
(config_B) |
- |
3 |
To see the configuration name
in the PART NUMBER
column, go to the part document. In the ConfigurationManager
 tab,
right-click each configuration, and click Properties. Under Part number displayed when used in a bill
of materials, select Configuration Name.
|
Display configurations of the same part as separate
items |
If a component has multiple
configurations, each configuration appears in the BOM. |
Display all configurations of the same part as one
item |
If a component has multiple
configurations, the component appears in only one row in the BOM.
|
Display configurations with the same name as one
item |
If more than one component has
the same configuration name, they appear in one row of the BOM.
For this option to work properly, Part number displayed when used in a bill
of materials in the part must be set to:
- Configuration
Name (if different components in the
assembly have the same configuration names)
For example, an assembly has the following
components:
- part1 (config_A)
- part1 (config_A)
- part2 (config_A)
When you select Display configurations with the same name
as one item, the BOM appears as:
ITEM NO. |
PART NUMBER |
QTY.
|
1 |
part1 |
3 |
|
Keep Missing Item/Row
Controls how to handle replaced components in BOM table.
Strikeout |
Displays text for the missing
item with strikeout formatting. |
Replaced components |
- Keep both with
new item number for replacement
- Keep both with
same item number
- Keep item
number and do not keep replaced
component
- Assign new item
number and do not keep replaced
component
Select Replaced
components to define how replaced components are
handled in the BOM regardless of the Do not change item numbers setting in
Item Numbers.
|
Item Numbers
|
Start
at |
Enter a starting item number.
|
|
Increment |
|
 |
Follow assembly order |
Orders the BOM item numbers the
same as the assembly. When selected, you can select Follow sub-assembly order to order
the BOM item numbers the same as the subassembly. |
 |
Do
not change item numbers |
Prevents BOM item numbers from
updating when you change item numbers elsewhere. |
Border
 |
Box
Border |
Specifies a line thickness for
the outside border of the table. |
 |
Grid
Border |
Specifies a line thickness for
the inner gridlines of the table. |
Layer
 |
Layer |
In drawings with named layers,
select a layer. The table assumes the layer color. |
Text Format
All uppercase |
Specifies that all characters
in the table are uppercase. |