Extract Bill of Materials

[Anonymous]

how to extract and use Bill of Materials in autocad 2017?

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

the best command to get as close as possible to a BOM is to use command _DATAEXTRACTION (>>>details<<<).

- alfred -

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

A true BOM does not exist in core AutoCAD.  You can find this feature in AutoCAD Mechanical though.

What kind of project are you working in? Is DATAEXTRACTION as suggested by @Alfred.NESWADBA enough to do what you are trying to obtain?

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

[beyoungjr]

Be mindful that a data extraction will only work well if you are using Block objects and optimally if the blocks are using attributes.

The data extraction can serve as a BOM but it's in no way setup for that specific task alone.

Blaine

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> a data extraction will only work well if you are using Block objects

Just to add, you can also export polylines, lines, arcs, ... and export lengths and layer-names, which also might be part of BOM 😉

- alfred -

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am coming back to your thread to see if the issue or question you posed has been resolved.  If so, please mark the post or posts as Solution(s) to help others find the answer quickly. If your issue persists, please give me a bit more detail on this issue so we can continue to work towards getting this solved.