Alibre Design

Chapter 13 - Bills of Material4. In the Choose Template area, select the Standard Template or CustomTemplate option.5. If you are using a Standard Template, select the appropriate template size as well.Note: Alibre Design includes the BOM ANSI ABC and BOM ANSI D&E bill ofmaterials templates ready for use. The BOM ANSI ABC template is for use withdrawing templates ANSI A Portrait, ANSI A Landscape, ANSI B, and ANSI C. TheBOM ANSI D&E template is for use with drawing templates ANSI D and ANSI E.6. If you are using a Custom Template, click Browse. The Select Bill of MaterialsTemplate dialog box appears. Select the appropriate template and click OK.7. In the Bill of Materials dialog box Design area, click Browse. The ChooseDesign Part or Assembly dialog box appears.8. Select the assembly or part for which you want a bill of materials.9. Click OK in the Choose Design Part or Assembly dialog box.10. Click OK in the Bill of Materials dialog box.11. The BOM workspace appears containing the BOM data. When using a new BOMtemplate, the first row will be blank by default. The default headers are ItemNumber, Part Number, Quantity, and Part Name.12. Modify the BOM see "Working in a BOM Workspace" on page 419 as required.13. From the File menu, select Save; or select the Save tool from the maintoolbar. The Save dialog box appears.14. In the Document Browser, select the location in which you want to save the BOM.15. Enter the BOM Name.16. Click Save. The BOM can now be opened independently or inserted into a drawingsee "Inserting a BOM View Into a Drawing" on page 408 if necessary.406