Edit BOM lists

[vuk.vukanic]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to understand how the BOMs work... Particularly  how the content is defined and sorted.

Since I'm not expecting a tutorial on BOM editing 🙂 here is a more specific situation:

I created 2 lists using a predefined BOM templates:

1. Material List

2. Material List Summary

3. Assembly List

And here are the questions:

1. Why is the Main part (and Summary name) name giving different values for MatList and ASList?

2. How is the content structure* defined in MatList and MatListSUM since the only difference I could find is in the Group Header? I'm trying to make changes to MatList so the result is identical to MatListSUM. I not making much progress lately and would appreciate some assistance.

*In MatList single parts are split into 2 groups, beams and plates, and after each is a footer with totaling amount, but in MatListSUM the same content is split according to specific sections. How is this achieved (defined)?

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance

[johnjmbennett]

The base of the BOM template is coded in the background of the xml.  There are several types , these types have their origin in the xml code.

the editor is the front end to allow you to adjust how it looks visually and content of the fields.

basically I have understood , if you need a Assembly list style you need to start with one with that basic format.

cheers