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Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

(OP)
I want to link multiple custom properites to one column on a BOM.  Does anyone know how to do this?
I wan to take 2 custom properties
Description
Size

and show them in the same column as
Plate - 1/2" THK

RE: Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

I did it with the Excel-based BOM and it was a P-A-I-N!

Perhaps you can have two columns and hide the vertical border?

RE: Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

You could also combine custom properties into a single property, and call that into the BOM.

RE: Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

SWUSER71,

   You can construct text strings in Excel consisting of elements of the other cells.  Note the ampersands connecting each element in the cell.

Cell B2=3.14159265897
Cell B3="M2.5x0.7"
Cell B1="SCREW "&B3&" LONG X "&B3

Resulting cell B1...

   SCREW 3.14159265897 LONG X M2.5x0.7

               JHG

RE: Can you link multiple properties into one column on a BOM?

(OP)
Thanks CorBlimeyLimey!!
That's what I wanted... just didn't know what to search for.

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