Solidworks Bills of Materials
Solidworks Bills of Materials
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How many people out there use configured bills of material in Solidworks with assemblies containing 10 parts or more? What's people's opinion of using configured bills of material in Solidworks?
Jason Schultz
Mechanical Engineer
Yaskawa Electric America
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
As for my thoughts, it is nice to have on a drawing for prototyping, but if you are in a production environment, its best to have all your data in one place (your ERP/MRP system, etc) and leave the BOM off the drawing completly.
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Jason Schultz
Mechanical Engineer
Yaskawa Electric America
"It's got to be 5pm somewhere!"
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Best regards,
Alex
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
For product drawings it's separate.
Chris
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Jason Schultz
Mechanical Engineer
Yaskawa Electric America
"It's got to be 5pm somewhere!"
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Jason Schultz
Mechanical Engineer
Yaskawa Electric America
"It's got to be 5pm somewhere!"
RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Check out SWX help for "Defining Custom Table or BOM Rows" and "Virtual Components" (for SWX2010). This might be something useful regarding paint in your BOMs. There is certainly no need to make a separate part for paint.
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
Jason Schultz
Mechanical Engineer
Yaskawa Electric America
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
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RE: Solidworks Bills of Materials
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