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How to edit bill of materials?

Allen_ProsserAllen_Prosser Member Posts: 1 PRO
My bill of materials is displaying a duplicate of the same cable because it is modeled as different lengths. Is there a way to edit my bill of materials to show the correct info without modifying my 3D model?

Best Answer

  • john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 3,938 PRO
    Answer ✓
    Technically they are in-fact different parts, and should appear as two line items.

    You can do this for a work around:

    exclude 1 of the two instances from the bill of material by right clicking it's instance in the BOM flyout.

    Then add any notes to accommodate for length/qty in the description of the part.
    --

    or you could add a dumb part (3) or so times (whatever qty you need), then set it's properties to be cable.
    then exclude all of the actual cables.

    Yea, I know it's not the best, In solidworks we could just exclude all the other parts. Then override the qty directly in the BOM.
    But either way, overrides are bad 


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  • emagdalenaC2iemagdalenaC2i Member, Developers, Channel partner Posts: 863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can edit the Workspace or Version properties


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  • john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 3,938 PRO
    Answer ✓
    Technically they are in-fact different parts, and should appear as two line items.

    You can do this for a work around:

    exclude 1 of the two instances from the bill of material by right clicking it's instance in the BOM flyout.

    Then add any notes to accommodate for length/qty in the description of the part.
    --

    or you could add a dumb part (3) or so times (whatever qty you need), then set it's properties to be cable.
    then exclude all of the actual cables.

    Yea, I know it's not the best, In solidworks we could just exclude all the other parts. Then override the qty directly in the BOM.
    But either way, overrides are bad 


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