Bill of Materials Settings
Use the Bill of Materials screen of the Toolbox - Settings dialog box to specify the format of Bills of Materials (BOMs) you create in your drawings.
To display Bill of Materials settings:
- Click Mechanical Annotate > Settings.
- In the Toolbox - Settings dialog box, in the left pane, click Tables, and, in the right pane, expand Bills of Materials.
Display
| Option |
Description |
| Header orientation |
Indicates the header placement when you create BOM in a drawing with balloons.
Top:
- When you create a BOM, you are prompted to specify the upper-left corner of the table as the insertion point.
- The BOM header is placed at the top of the table.
- Item numbers are listed from the top down.
Bottom:
- When you create a BOM, you are prompted to specify the lower-left corner of the table as the insertion point.
- The BOM header is placed at the bottom of the table.
- Item numbers are listed from the bottom up.
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| Anchor point |
Indicates the corner of the table that is used when you anchor the table:
- Top left
- Top right
- Bottom left
- Bottom right
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| Layer preferences |
Lets you modify the default layer, linecolor, linestyle, and lineweight settings. |
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| Display title |
When enabled, the table title is displayed.
To suppress the title, clear the check box. |
Text
| Option |
Description |
| Style |
Sets the text style used in balloons and BOM headings.
The default text style is Standard. |
| Size |
Sets the size of the balloon text, in conjunction with the balloon shape dimensions. |
| Change case |
Lets you choose the case of the BOM DESCRIPTION field:
- Unchanged. The case matches the Description Format in the standard that you are using.
- Sentence case. The first word of the description is capitalized. All other words are lower case.
- lowercase. The entire description is lowercase.
- UPPERCASE. The entire description is uppercase.
- Capitalize Each Word. Each word of the description is capitalized.
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