Adding miscellaneous items in a BOM

patrick_shea

Newbie question - How can I add miscellaneous items into a BOM. I didn't want to put them into the Assembly.  Items like masking tape, rubber bands etc. Things you want to note, but are not critical.

Tnx

Pat  

nick_papageorge073

Are you a professional user? If so, there is “items” in company settings specifically for this. 

If not, maybe maybe a dummy part for items like this and place in the assy for an accurate BOM?

patrick_shea

How do i make a dummy part - say for Paint / Glue etc?

nick_papageorge073

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/451cb6b62a0baef5fcd81731/v/7c77a5dc44b2b69f03e78132/e/2fe8466a1eb4d9c838186cb9?bomType=flattened&renderMode=0&rightPanel=BOMPanel&uiState=64601685d91ff37054814871

You can do it like this. Make surfaces of dummy parts for glue, paint, etc. Then insert them into your assy. The BOM table will be correct. You can hide all these dummy parts in the assy, and save a display state with them hidden so they won't clutter the screen. There might be a more elegant way of accomplishing the same task, IDK.