Applies to Excel-based
Bills of Materials. Applies to Excel-based
Bills of Materials.
You can insert a bill of materials into the drawing of an assembly. If you add or delete components in the assembly, the bill of materials automatically updates if you have selected the Automatic update of BOM option under Tools, Options, Document Properties, Detailing.
To insert a bill
of materials into a drawing, you must have Microsoft Excel 2000 or later
installed on your computer.
To insert a bill of materials:
With a drawing view selected, click Insert, Tables, Excel Based Bill of Materials.
In the dialog box, select an Excel template for the BOM and click Open.
The default BOM template is in <install_dir>\lang\english\bomtemp.xls. Several other BOM
templates
are available in the same directory. You can customize the templates by
adding columns or changing the text formatting. You can also create new
templates to meet your company’s standards.
In the Bill of Materials Properties dialog box, select properties from the Configuration, Contents, and Control tabs.
Click OK.
To hide a bill of materials:
Right-click the bill of materials in the graphics area or in the FeatureManager design tree and select Hide.
To show the
bill of materials again, right-click the bill of materials in the FeatureManager
design tree and select Show.