Bill of Materials Contents

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In this display of the Bill of Materials contents, you can move rows up or down, group and ungroup rows, hide or show columns, and expand or collapse sub-assemblies in indented BOMs.

To edit Bill of Materials Contents:

  1. In the Bill of Materials, Column, Cell Properties, or Table PropertyManager, click BOM Contents.

  2. Edit properties as described below, then click Apply.

  3. Click OK.

Expand/collapse sub-assembly . Click the icon to expand or collapse the sub-assembly in the BOM.

Show ballooned states . The icon shows whether the component has a balloon or not.

Toggle row visibility . Click the icon to hide or show the row. A gray background indicates that the component is hidden in the Bill of Materials.

Row up or Row down . Select a row and click to move the row up or down.

To keep the item number with its component when reordering rows, click Do not change item numbers in the Bill of Materials PropertyManager.

Group and Ungroup . Select two or more rows to group the components under one item number. To dissolve the group, select a member and click Ungroup.

To hide a column in a bill of materials:

Click the column header to hide. Columns in gray indicate hidden columns.

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