Insert BOM Table

 

Use this command to create a BOM table from a layout view including detail and section views.  First select the view and then enter a name.  The Table Manager is displayed with a list of the current tables.  You can use the File option as specified below and the Table Manager to insert the BOM table onto the drawing sheet.

 

Here are some additional considerations:

 

• The locations of BOM table balloons are preserved during regeneration of the drawing sheet.

• The BOM balloons will adjust based on the associated view

• If the arrow of a BOM balloon is determined to be inside the bounding box of its component, its location will be adjusted so that it still points to the component.

• In general, the location of the balloon portion will not change unless it is determined to be inside the bounding box of its component.  In that case, its location will be adjusted.

• If the component which a BOM balloon points to no longer exists, the balloon will turn red.

• The BOM balloons will also adjust when the view’s associated assembly is exploded.

• You can cut, copy and paste BOM tables but only the original table will regenerate.

• If you edit a BOM table with the Table Editor and change a number corresponding to a label, the label will be updated.

 

Optional Inputs

 

File

During the Create BOM Table command, this option specifies an alternate path for the vxDftPrtLst file.  You can pick the folder icon to use the File Browser.  This file defines the current BOM format.  You can store multiple BOM format configurations by storing multiple vxDftPrtLst files in different directories.

 

Traverse entire assembly

Check this box to traverse the entire assembly and include all components used to build the assembly even if they are not sub-assemblies.  If this box is not checked, only the top level components and/or sub-assemblies are include.

 

Balloon/Note

Select the type of BOM callout to create.  The Balloon type draws a circle around the label and the Note type does not.

 

Start label

By default the BOM labels start at the number 1.  You can use this option to specify a different starting number.

 

 

 

Edit Regen Table

 

Regenerates a BOM table. Select the table to regenerate or middle-lick for all BOM tables in the active Drawing Sheet.

 

 

Edit Dimension

 

Use this command to clean-up the BOM balloon locations associated with a layout view.  Select a view and the BOM balloons associated with that view will be placed on a polygonal offset to the view.  

 

There are options for the amount of offset from the view and the distance between balloons.  Try to avoid a distance too far above 1.0 or a solution is not guaranteed.  This command can be used to clean up balloons created by the Create BOM Table and the Hole Table from Layout View commands.