topic How to permanently add a custom column in the BOM? in Inventor Forum

How to permanently add a custom column in the BOM?

damianbDSTMH — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:56:27 GMT

Hi All,

Is there a way to permanently add custom columns to the inventor BOM, with iproperty values?

In other words, whenever I start a new project it must be there.

For example, when I create an assembly, the entire project has a job number and each part gets an individual drawing number. So the job nr & drawing number tabs are added as custom.

They link to my custom title block to display these values.

Thanks in advance!

Re: How to permanently add a custom column in the BOM?

admaiora — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:50:18 GMT

Hi,

you can save it as a template (save >Save Copy as a template)

Re: How to permanently add a custom column in the BOM?

damianbDSTMH — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:44:55 GMT

Hi There,

Ok, not a bad idea. Didn't think of that, thanks.

It would be working around the problem though. I can do that until something better comes along, surely there must be a way to permanently insert it into the software.

Times like these I wish I knew how to code! ha-ha

Re: How to permanently add a custom column in the BOM?

gregory_nickol — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:39:08 GMT

If you want these custom columns always available to you going forward, adding them to the template is the intended workflow based on the software design. If you have existing files that you need to add these to, there's at least one option using iLogic written by someone else already where all you really have to change is the source file name as long as it still works in the current version of Inventor. If you need to do that, take a look at Message 3 of 5 here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-and-vb-net-forum/ilogic-to-add-custom-iproperty-columns-to-bill-of-materials-in/m-p/6919654
There are also ways to have an iLogic rule loop to run on all your open files but that's a little bit more complicated.