Today we continue our discussion on using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008. Be sure you go back and read my previous post Creating Your BOM Template and Using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008 before reading on. I would also highly recommend Josh’s coverage of BOM at SolidSmack, SolidWorks BOM Superstar: 5 Moves to Avoid and How to [...]

Welcome back to a new week filled with SolidWorks tips and tricks. Over the next couple of post we’ll be concentrating on SolidWorks Bill of Materials. SolidWorks 2008 brought some changes on how one uses BOMs in the drawing environment. A lot of the controls for BOMs that were previously available in the PropertyManager are [...]

Earlier this month for Standards Tuesday, I spent a couple of weeks describing BOMs per ASME Y14.34-1996. If you missed them I highly recommend you go back and read those post since they cover a lot of information that would be helpful in creating your own BOM template, see Standards Tuesday – Bill of Materials [...]

Last week for Standards Tuesday I introduced you to ASME Y14.34M-1996. In case you missed it, it might be a good idea to read last week’s post before continuing. This week I will briefly describe the requirements for creating a separate parts list or BOM. ASME Y14.34M defines a Separate Parts List as: A parts [...]

Over the next couple of weeks I will be covering Bill of Materials for Standards Tuesday, or Parts Lists as they are referred to in Section 5 of ASME Y14.34M-1996. Today I will concentrate on some of the elements that make up a BOM including which columns are mandatory and which are optional. Most material [...]