Exclude parts from BOM - deal with module variants

[llemorvan]

Hello, I am new to Fusion 360. 

I would like to remove parts like test points from my BOM. I tried to use variants as I've seen in other posts, however my design is composed of different module sheets.

So I see that I can define an assembly variant for each separated module, but it does not seem to have an impact on the general BOM, and I don't understand how to apply these module variants to main assembly variants.

Thank you very much in advance!

[jorge_garcia · Accepted solution]

Hello @llemorvan,

I hope you're doing well. The built in BOM ULP can handle a top level assembly but it won't handle module variants correctly. 

For now, the best solution is to export the BOM take it into a spreadsheet editor and then remove whatever rows are not needed.

Let me know if you continue to run into problems.

Best Regards,

[m.neujahr_at_moe]

Hello @llemorvan ,

you cal also use the ULP "bom.ulp" to switch between variants:

And then switch between your variants:

Hint:

• You can edit the ULP to your needs, for example ignore testpoints, add MPN, ...

[m.neujahr_at_moe]

Hello @llemorvan ,

you can edit the original "bom.ulp".

If you want to exclude special parts (testpoints, ..) you can ignore them by editing the file:

  schematic (SCH)
  {
    SCH.allparts (P)
    {
      if (P.device.package)
      {
        if ((P.populate) && (!(strsub(P.name, 0, 2) == "TP")) && (!(P.value == "entf.")))
        {
          PartName[NumParts] = P.name;
          PartValue[NumParts] = P.value;

Here all parts that are not populated ("entf.") and all testpoints ("TP") are not collected in the BOM