Configuring a BOM with (any) PLM software.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

My company is looking to make big changes to our software. Currently everything we use was written in house, and has become outdated.

We're looking at introducing PLM (I'm aware this a huge subject) But I was wondering if any of you out there had used PLM to configure manufacturing BOMs from engineerings BOMs. (I'll explain) 🙂

We currently supply furniture assemblies in a large number of colours. We'd like to keep colour data out of our inventor models as we don't want to have model in the vault for every available colour. We'd like the inventor model to only contain size and meterial data, then have a (PLM?) package combine the inventor BOM with colour choices to produce BOMs of parts that include colour data. It seems like a simple enough process to be possible, but I'm struggling to find any direct references.

(Sorry if this is possibly the wrong forum)

Thanks

GavoGarmo

[Redmond.D]

You might have better luck posting this on the "regular" Vault forum.  http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Vault/bd-p/101

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I posted in both on the same day. Didn't get a responce but have since had coversations with Autodesk staff in Germany who were very helpful.

Cheers

GavoGarmo

[nstone]

Were you able to resove your issue? I'm looking at a very similar issue that you have described

I'm insterested in some ideas on this.

[Anonymous]

Hi nstone,

I managed to get in touch with a memeber of the PLM team in Germany, who gave me a very good overview of the BOM configuration/manipulation features of PLM360.

Adding colours to parts via the BOM is entirely possible, and pretty straight forward. 

GavoGarmo