The Properties Description field is very useful as the information entered appears in the BOM.
I often use it for cut lengths on materials. It would be really useful for me to have a total bax at the bottom of the column to see the total amount of material I need.
This might be a bit specific to my use but an additional field in the properties that appears in the BOM maybe called Dimension, would allow for the major dimension to be added and that might make it easier for a Totals box, assuming similar data had been input or the materials selected from the Animation explosion were the same material.