BOM question
BOM question
(OP)
Good afternoon,
I'm trying to insert a BOM on my drawing. There are several assemblies (Left hand and right hand), plus several parts that are not in either assy. Solidworks will give me the parts only, but not assy part numbers, or top level parts only, or indented, with the part quantities in a single column. Is there a way to insert a BOM that looks like this? This is the format that our company wants, and I'd like to be able to do it like this if I can.
I'm using SW 2015 x64, SP 3.0 on Windows 7 Professional, SP1.
Thanks!
Al
UG/NX Guy who's trying to figure out SW
I'm trying to insert a BOM on my drawing. There are several assemblies (Left hand and right hand), plus several parts that are not in either assy. Solidworks will give me the parts only, but not assy part numbers, or top level parts only, or indented, with the part quantities in a single column. Is there a way to insert a BOM that looks like this? This is the format that our company wants, and I'd like to be able to do it like this if I can.
I'm using SW 2015 x64, SP 3.0 on Windows 7 Professional, SP1.
Thanks!
Al
UG/NX Guy who's trying to figure out SW






RE: BOM question
Jeff Mirisola, CSWE
My Blog
RE: BOM question
Jeff's suggestion is a good method, and that's the way I created BOMs for a long time. But, I was always looking for a more parametric way, just to try and keep my po' l'il pea brain from having to remember to make whatever changes to the Excel-based BOM. It got to be an even bigger issue when my boss, who is also an FAA Designated Engineering Representative, asked me if I could start sending him a drawing package that only consisted of one drawing - Installation, Assembly, Sub-assemblies and Details all inclusive in one multi-sheet drawing (made his job of submitting data packages to the FAA much easier).
Attached is a screen shot of a BOM for my current project to mount a fancy NASA JPL LIDAR in the floor of our jet. I'd say it's about 75% parametric - there are some parts I still have to enter manually (like the ZONE info...and I'm hoping SW2016 will help fix that).
What I did was make a configuration in my Top Level sldasm of each of my sub-assemblies, and then in the Configuration tab of each sub-assembly select "Promote" in the Bill of Materials Options. Then I inserted a "Top Level Only" BOM and selected all the listed configurations.
A bit complicated, but it works.....sort of.
Steve R.
RE: BOM question
Jeff Mirisola, CSWE
My Blog
RE: BOM question
Thanks,
Al
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The Excel based BOMs are associative. SolidWorks embeds the spreadsheet within the drawing.
http://help.solidworks.com/2014/english/SolidWorks...
http://help.solidworks.com/2014/english/SolidWorks...
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I'm ready to chuck it and just put in a non-associative BOM because it's quicker than screwing around any more with this. Seriously, it shouldn't be this hard to insert a BOM into your drawing.
Al
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Are you trying to create a separate quantity column for each tabulation of your assembly? The SolidWorks BOM does that. The SolidWorks Excel BOM does not. I am working on SolidWorks 2011 here, so it is possible they have changed stuff.
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JHG
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Al
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JHG
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Al
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If your two assemblies are separate files, I strongly recommend having two separate assembly drawings and BOMs.
I am actually not allowed to tabulate drawings here. Tabulation works very well when you have two assemblies that are almost identical, and where you want design changes done across the entire set of them, with as little effort as possible.
The truly idiotic thing to do is have one assembly model with configurations, and attach two assembly drawings to it. This is a mess for document control.
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JHG
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Thanks for your suggestions, but I guess we can't use the associative BOMs.
Al