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table-based BOM text functions

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Milothicus

Mechanical
Sep 21, 2003
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My parts all have the following 4 attributes stored as text:

Size
Standard
Rating
Type

i need to keep them separate in the design tables for sorting/grouping purposes, but want them in one column on my BOM.

I'm trying to use SW's table-based BOM, but can't figure out how to show all 4 items in one column. the math 'add' function doesn't work for text, and i can't come up with another equation to show them all in one column.

is there a syntax for the equation to concatenate all 4 strings into one column?

also... what does the semicolon do?
 
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nevermind. it works now. no idea what i was doing wrong... for future reference, here's the syntax in the end:

`Size` " " `Standard` " " `Rating` " " `Type`
 
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