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GeneratinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
ThistaskshowsyouhowtoinsertandmodifyanadvancedBillofMaterialinthesheetbackground.

Chooseatask:
generatinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
modifyinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
editinganAdvancedBillofMaterialProperties
editinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
moreaboutAdvancedBillofMaterial
Abillofmaterialdescribesaproductintermsofitssubassembliesand/orbasicparts.Itconsistsofanitemizedlist
ofpartsofastructureshownonadrawingintheshapeofatable.

GeneratinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
TheBillofMaterialcanbecreatedinanytypeofview,includingsheetbackground.Theproducttobeprocessedis
specifiedeitherbyselectingaGenerativeViewrepresentingthisproductorbyadirectselectioninthe3Dwindow.
OpentheBUTTERFLYVALVEASSEMBLY.CATProductdocumentandtheBUTTERFLYVALVEDRAWING.CATDrawing
document.

1.Inthesheet,selectEdit>SheetBackground.

2.ClickAdvancedBillofMaterial intheDrawingtoolbar(BillOfMaterialsubtoolbar).
Youcanalsocreatethebillofmaterialinworkingview,selectInsert>Generation>BillOfMaterial>
AdvancedBillofMaterial.
TheBillofMaterialCreationdialogboxisdisplayed.

Thefollowinginputscanbegiveninthisdialogbox:
Style:ThestyletobeusedwhilecreatingtheBillofMaterial.ThelastusedBillofMaterialstyleis
displayedasdefaultoptionwhencreatingaBillofMaterial.
Invert:Selectthisoptionifyouwantthetabletobereadfrombottomtotop(i.e.columnheadersat
thebottomanditemsnumberedfrombottomtotop).
Split:Selectthisoptiontosplitthetableintoseveraltables.Formoreinformationonsplittingtables,
seeCreating/Modifyingatable.
3.SelecttheInvertcheckbox.
4.ClickOK.
5.SelecttheIsometricviewfromthespecificationtree.

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6.ClickinthedrawingtoindicatewhereyouwanttopositiontheAdvancedBillofMaterial.
TheBillofMaterialisgeneratedastheselectedBillofMaterialstyle.

ThestylesofAdvancedBillofMaterialaredefinedbytheadministratorintheannotationstyles(Tools>
Standards>[standardname]>Styles>BillofMaterial).
TheBillofMaterialhasthefollowingdefaultproperties:
Quantity
PartNumber
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Type
Nomenclature
Revision


ModifyinganAdvancedBillofMaterial

EditingAdvancedBillofMaterialProperties
6.RightclicktheBillofMaterialandselectProperties.
ThePropertiesdialogboxisdisplayed.ThepropertiesofBillofMaterialcanbemodifiedintheBOMFormatand
ReportedPropertiestab.
7.SelecttheBOMFormattab.

Youcaneditthefollowingoptions:
Type:Thisoptionisgrayedout.ThesettingisdonebyadministratorinTools>Standards>Drafting>
[standardname]>Styles>BillofMaterial.

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TheBillofMaterialwithTopLevelsettingisasseen:

NoValueLabel:Setalabelwhennovalueissetintheappropriatepropertyfield.Thedefaultvalue
is.
NoMaterialLabel:Setalabel,whentheMaterialpropertyissetintheBillofMaterialandno
informationissetfortheMaterialproperty.Thedefaultvalueis.
ThissettingisalsousedinWeightproperty,iftherelatedPartdoesnothaveanymaterialdefinedfor
it.
ItemNumberLabelType:ForeachlineoftheBillofMaterial,aspecificitemnumberisassigned.The
itemnumberisusedintheballoonsfornumbering.Thenumberingcanbeoftwotypes:
Integer:1,2,3...:Selectthisoptionifyouwanttheitemnumberingtobeinteger.Thisisthe
defaultoption.
LettersA,B,C...Z,AA,BB...:Selectthisoptionifyouwanttheitemnumberingtobe
alphabetically.
8.SelecttheReportedPropertiestab.

YoucanaddnewpropertiestotheBillofMaterial.Foreachproperty,anewcolumniscreated.Apartfromthe
defaultfivepropertiesthefollowingpropertiescanbeadded:
ItemNumber
PartNumber
Nomenclature
Material
Weight
Quantity
Description
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Revision
Definition
Source
Type
ReportedPropertiesarenotsupportedincaseofheterogeneousselectionofBillofMaterialwho
havethereportedpropertiesdifferenteitherincontentoftermoforder.
ReportedpropertiesaresupportedincasetheselectedBillofMaterialshavesamereported
propertiesandordereveniftheirtitlesandcolumnwidthsaredifferent.

ThelistofdisplayedpropertiesintheBillofMaterialcanbeeditedusing:

New :addsanewpropertyasanewline.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineisselected.Click
thisbuttonandanewlineisaddedattheendofthepropertylistandisinitializedfromthepreviously
selectedproperty.
Thenewlycreatedpropertycanbecustomizedasanyexistingpropertyusingthefollowing:
Property:SelectthepropertyyouwanttosetfromthePropertydropdownlist.
Youcanselectthesamepropertyasmanytimesasyouneed.
Title:Youcanmodifythetitleoftheproperty.
Columnwidth:Youcansetthecolumnwidthusingthespinner.Thewidthvalueissetusingthe
Draftingstandardunit(mm/m/inchasspecifiedintheTools>Options>MechanicalDesign>

Drafting,Generaltab,PaperUnitfield).

Delete :removesoneormoreproperties.Thisbuttonisactivatedoncealineisselected.Selectone
ormorepropertiesandclickthisbutton.

Moveup :movestheselectedpropertyup.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineisselected.

Movedown :movestheselectedpropertydown.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineis
selected.
Theadministratorandyouareallowedtosetseveraltimesthesamevalue.Forexample,Material
canbesettwice.Inthatcase,twocolumnswillbecreatedwiththesamevalue.
Foreachproperty,adefaultnameisset.Theadministratorandyoucanoverloadthedefaultname
intheeditorfield.Ifthetitleisnotset,thenthedefaultnamewillbeused.

AddanewpropertyItemNo..ChangethetitletoIndex.Changethecolumnwidthto30.
9.AddmorepropertiesMaterialandWeight.
10.ReorderthepropertiesasshownusingtheupanddownarrowsandclickOK.

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TheBillofMaterialisupdated.

11.SelectEdit>WorkingViews.

12.ClickGenerateBalloons togenerateballoonsintheactiveviewasnumberedintheBillofMaterial.
Balloonsaregeneratedinactiveviewusingthefollowingcommands:

Balloon

GenerateBalloons

Thenumberingisdoneasseen:

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ThenumberisdisplayedasgeneratedintheAdvancedBillofMaterial.AstheAdvancedBillofMaterialautomatically
handlesthenumberingitisrecommendedthatyoudonotgeneratethenumberingbefore.
Thenumberdisplayedintheballoonsdependsonthefollowing:
ThenumberisthesameastheonedisplayedintheAdvancedBillofMaterialforthecomponent(ifany).
ThenumberisdefinedbyGenerateNumberingcommandandisdisplayedintheNumberpropertyofthe
instance(ifany).
Ifbothoftheabovecasesarenotapplicablethenanindexautomaticallyincrementsthenumber(from1to
n).

EditinganAdvancedBillofMaterial
IfyouhaveinsertedtheBillofMaterialinSheetbackground,thenyoucanedititintheSheetbackground
only.
IfyouhaveinsertedtheBillofMaterialinWorkingView,thenyoucanedititintheWorkingviewonly.

12.RightclicktheBillofMaterialandselectTable.Xobject>EditBOM.
TheBillofMaterialEditiondialogboxisdisplayed.

addsanewblankline.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineisselected.Clickthisbuttonanda
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newlineisaddedabovetheselectedline.
Theblanklineisalwayscreatedabovetheselectedline.

removesanyblanklinethatisadded.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenyouselectablankline.

movestheselectedlineup.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineisselected.

movestheselectedlinedown.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhenalineisselected.
13.Selecttherowyouwanttoreorderandclicktheupordownarrowdependingonyourneed.
InthiscaseselectWasherandclicktheuparrowtillitisreorderedtofirstposition.Youcanseethattheentire
linealongwithallthepropertiesisreordered.Youcanseethattheitemnumberisalsoreordered.

14.Selecttherowabovewhichyouwanttocreateablanklineandclick icon.

15.ClickOK.

16.AgainrightclicktheBillofMaterialandselectTable.Xobject>EditBOM.TheBillofMaterialEditiondialogbox

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isdisplayed.
17.Selecttheblankrowtodeleteandclickthe icon.


MoreaboutBillofMaterial
ComponentsdeactivatedorinNoShowSpaceinProductaredisplayedintheBillofMaterial.
TohideacomponentintheBillofMaterial,cleartheVisualizeintheBillofMaterialcheckboxinthe
PropertiesdialogboxoftheproductintheProductStructureworkbench.

OnlymaterialdefinedatPartlevelwillbedisplayedintheBillofMaterial.IfmaterialisdefinedatPart
instancelevelorwithinabodyofthePart,theresultwillbesameasiftherewasnomaterialdefined(seeNo
MaterialLabelproperty).
WeightpropertyissupportedforPartandwillnotbecomputedforassemblies.Theweightiscomputedonlyif
materialhasbeenassignedtothePartfollowingthepreviousconditions.
TheunitforweightisdisplayedonlyifDisplayUnitscheckboxisselectedinTablePropertiescontextual
menu,Texttab.
TheunitanddecimalsystemforweightaresetintheTools>Options>General>Parametersand
Measure,Unitstab.
Itemnumbersarenotreassigned.Ifacomponentisdeleted,thentheassociatedrowdataisemptiedexcept
theItemnumber.
Ifanewcomponentisaddedtotheassembly,whenupdatingtheBillofMaterial,thiscomponentisassigneda
newItemNumberresultingfromincreasingthelastpreviouslyassignednumberattheendoftheBillof
Material.Ifthelastlineisablankline,thenthenewcomponentisaddedabovetheblankline.
IfaproductorapartdisplayedintheBillofMaterialisreplacedbyanotheroneintheassembly,itsitem
numberisassignedtothenewone(ifthisonewasnotpreviouslyreferencedinthebillofmaterial).
ItispossibletoisolatetheBillofMaterialusingthecontextualmenuTable>IsolateTable.Inthiscase,other
tablesrepresentingapartoftheBillofMaterialarealsoisolated.
TheBillofMaterialwillnotbereroutedifyoureplaceitssourceproduct(theproductfromwhichitwas
generated).Inthiscase,youneedtogenerateanewBillofMaterial.
Youcanmodifythecellvaluebyeditingthecell(generictableeditionmode)byaddingtexttothecell,or
removingtheattributelinktooverloadthevalue(usefultooverloadquantitiesforexample).Noticethatifa
valueisoverridden,thecellwillnomorebeupdatedtoreflectlatermodificationsofassembly.
Youcanmanuallyaddcolumns.Themodificationsmadeinthemanuallyaddedcolumnsarekeptafterupdate.

Asotherannotations(suchastextswithattributelinks),theBillofMaterialupdatestatusisnottakeninto
accountinthedrawingupdatestatus.SoeveniftheBillofMaterialisnotuptodate,theUpdateiconisnot
activated.UseforceupdatecommandtoupdatetheBillofMaterial.

Onlyamanuallyaddedlineoranemptylineduetoinstancedeletionin3Dcanberemovedwhileeditingthe

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BillofMaterial.

Mergefunctionalityisnotavailableoncellsthatdisplayitemproperties(includingreservedlines),aswellas
columntitles.Mergingisavailableoncellandcolumnsmanuallyadded.

Asanyothertable,abillofmaterialcanbesplitintomanytables.ThesplittablesofBillofMaterialare
retainedafterupdate.

DeletingatableoftheBillofMaterialmakestheothertablesofthesameBillofMaterialisolated(itmeans
thatmodificationsdoneontheassemblyarenomorereflectedinthetables).

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