


You can now cut or copy and paste SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 BOM items from any record to any other record, as long as the new parent record is checked out. In the example above, we created an MBOM by copying a CAD BOM. Note that CAD BOMs (that is, originated from SOLIDWORKS) cannot be dissolved, as they must represent the exact structure of the CAD model, analog to the PDM calculated BOM. You can also choose whether manual quantities and custom values are copied or not, and if you want to overwrite custom BOM values in the item receiving the quantity from the child or not. Typically, one would add the quantity coming from the dissolved sub-assembly to the existing item, but you can also simply ignore it. The values in the BOM update automatically if the part dimensions or mass properties change.When you dissolve an item, you can choose what happens to child items that already exist in the BOM level where the current item is being dissolved. You can then include the custom properties in a bill of materials. You can embed dimensions and mass property parameters into values of custom properties in part documents.

SOLIDWORKS includes several BOM templates in the following directory: drive letter:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\lang\ language.You can insert balloons or stacked balloons that label the parts in an assembly and relate them to item numbers in the bill of materials.However, bills of materials in drawings created in releases prior to SOLIDWORKS 2000 are not automatically updated to combine rows. Rows in bills of materials are combined when all fields (except for Item Number) are the same.See SOLIDWORKS System Requirements for the supported versions of Microsoft Excel. To insert an Excel-based bill of materials in a drawing, you must have Microsoft Excel installed on your computer.
