Alibre Design

Chapter 13 - Bills of Material7. Move the cursor to position the BOM view on the sheet and click to place the view.8. You can move a BOM view just like any other drawing view.‣ To insert a new BOM view into a drawing:1. Select the Insert Bill of Materials tool from the Detailing toolbar; or from theInsert menu, select Bill of Materials View. The Bill of Materials dialog box appears.2. Click the New Bill of Materials radio button.3. Select a Standard Template.OrSelect a Custom Template. Click Browse to select the custom template.4. In the Design area, click Browse. The Choose Design Part or Assembly dialog boxappears.5. In the Document Browser, navigate to the location containing the design.6. Select the design and click OK.7. Click OK in the Bill of Materials dialog box. A preview of the BOM view appears inthe work area and is listed in the Drawing Explorer in the sheet view list.8. Move the cursor to position the BOM view on the sheet and click to place the view.13.3.2 Linking a BOM to a DrawingLinking a BOM to a drawing creates an association between the BOM data and thedrawing itself. You can link a BOM to a drawing without actually inserting the BOM viewinto a sheet. This is useful if you want to display item callouts in a drawing but do notwant to display the BOM data in the sheet. Before you can insert callout balloons, youmust at minimum link a BOM to a drawing. Inserting a BOM view into a drawingautomatically links the BOM to the drawing.410