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BILL OF MATERIAL SOLIDWORKS UPDATE
BILL OF MATERIAL SOLIDWORKS SOFTWARE

Microsoft Excel, once the exported file has been saved.

BILL OF MATERIAL SOLIDWORKS SOFTWARE

Open Exported - check this option to open the relevant software application, e.g.Add to Project - allows you to have the generated Bill of Materials report added to the project after it is created.When exporting the data using the Export option from the Report Manager dialog, the following file formats are supported: File Format - select a File Format from the drop-down list.You can click, drag and drop a column name in the All Columns section or to its new position in the list or click, drag and drop a column heading in the data section to sort the order of the data columns Export Options The All Columns section These information columns are sourced from the properties of all components on the document (or the source documents if a project is open) for which the report is being generated. Show - Check the Show box to add the corresponding data to BOM data area.The column heading appears in the Grouped Columns section and the data is updated to display according to the new groups. Supplier Options - if Supplier Links have been added to the components, the linked supplier data can be included.Excel Options - allows you to use a template for exporting.

Export Options - allows you to select the file format when exporting.

BOM Data - lists all the data that will appear in the Bill of Materials.

All Columns - lists all available columns that can be shown in the BOM data region.

Grouped Columns - you can choose to group components together by one or more specific columns of information.

The dialog is divided into the following regions:

Click Home | Project | » Generate outputs from the PCB or schematic editor.

The Generate output files dialog can be accessed in the following ways: This dialog can be accessed by clicking Configure next to Bill of Materials from the Generate output files dialog. The Bill of Materials for Project dialog allows you to generate a customized Bill of Materials. If you read the message it will tell you what is going to happen from this point foward.The Bill of Materials for Project dialog Summary You even get a message telling you this when you double click the cell. However if you double clicked a cell your BOM has lost it's associativety. That's why you must save your BOM template off and when you re-add it, it will have the updated Column information. It may not work right, but that what happens when there is a bug. They are helping you out by telling the proper procedure. Because you don't like, doesn't mean they are wrong. That doesn't make your VAR useless, he is just telling you the proper workaround.

BILL OF MATERIAL SOLIDWORKS UPDATE

The only problem has been that sometimes the BOM doesn't update (when no manual changes are made) and the only workaround at this time is to to delete it. IF you have saved it as a template, that's why it is suggested that you delete it and re-add it. ALso if you have cutomized it to have specific properties I would hope you have saved it off as a Template? If you have customized does that mean you entered the BOM manually and updated it with your information? If so that's why it will not update.