Create and Print a Bill of Materials of a Designed Drawing

This function can be used to make a bill of materials in the header area of a designed 2D drawing.

  • The attribute data of the elements is collected to the parts list, and is opened for viewing.
  • You can edit or delete the data or add rows, if necessary.
  • The generated parts list can be output to the drawing sheet, or to an external application, for example to a text file, or to Excel for further processing.

Do as follows:

  1. On the tab, in the Mechanical group, select Parts List, and select Parts List.
  2. Define the parts list data in the dialog box:
    • Select the output format.
    • Select the collecting method in the Roll-out list.
    • If you wish to transfer the part data to the product database, click the Transfer to database checkbox.

    Parts List Collection Data

  3. Click OK.
Note:
  • Edit the archives data of the drawing. On the tab, in the Documents group, click Data, and edit data.
  • If a part number is missing from the part data, it is displayed as a number 0 in the bill of materials.
  • View the part data of the specific element by selecting on the Mechanical tab, in the Parts Lists group, click Edit element attribute database.