Alibre Design

Chapter 13 - Bills of Material13.1 Specifying BOM DataYou can specify BOM related properties for a part or for an assembly that you want totreat as a part for BOM purposes. Consequently, these properties can be displayed in aBOM of any assembly that contains the part or assembly.‣ To save BOM data with a part:1. From the File menu, select Properties. The Design Properties dialog boxappears.2. Select the General tab.3. Scroll through the Property list to find the applicable BOM property.4. To enter BOM property data, click in the corresponding value field. The cursorappears.5. Type in the appropriate text.6. Continue specifying value fields as required.7. Click Apply.8. Click Close.9. Save the part.When you add the part to an assembly, and subsequently create a BOM, the BOM datawill automatically be displayed.‣ To save BOM data with an assembly:1. Follow the procedure above for a part but also check the option Treat as part inBOM, which is found in the General tab of the Design Properties dialog.Now, this assembly will be treated as a part whenever it is encountered in a BOM.It will appear as a single item in the BOM. Also, the BOM properties assigned to itwill be reported in the BOM. The parts contained in this assembly will not appearas separate items in the BOM.404