How does one create a flat bill of materials for a major assembly where the vendor purchased assemblies do not flatten? This creates a useless BOM full of vendor identified only bits and pieces. There has to be a parameter that can be set to this type of file so it does not flatten. Is there a way to pick what I need to flatten and exclude others? Any suggestions? Thanks.
Could you set all the sub-components of the purchased assembly as "Exclude from BOM"?
Very good idea. But then I would have to identify one single main body of the assembly as my major information containing component in order to propagate onto the BOM. Thus doing double the work. Trying to simplify this with an assembly adjustable parameter locking it as an assembly on flattened BOM's. Thank you tho, for your idea.
Go to the Configuration properties, and select "Hide" under "Bill of Materials Options." I think that will do what you want.
Glenn, worked like a charm. Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom Stich wrote:
Glenn, worked like a charm. Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad it worked for you. I believe you can select the "Promote" option when you want to do the opposite; when the BOM is set to show only upper level components, but you want to show all components of a selected sub-assembly.
Glenn Schroeder wrote:
Go to the Configuration properties, and select "Hide" under "Bill of Materials Options." I think that will do what you want.
I like this better than my "solution" which was to Promote the manufactured subassemblies.
Go to the Configuration properties, and select "Hide" under "Bill of Materials Options." I think that will do what you want.