Bill of Materials Styles

A bill of material can be created in different styles. You can define these styles and their default values.

The styles of Bill of materials are located in the Styles node of the Standard Definition editor, available through Me > Preferences > Standards.

This page discusses:

Bill of Material
Bill of Material Format
Reported Properties

Bill of Material

By default, a style called Default is available for each bill of material style. However, you can create a new bill of material style or delete an existing one.

Notes:

The standard is defined and stored in a standard XML file.
When a bill of materials style is modified, the bill of materials that use this style remain unaffected (that is, its values and options remain as they were defined previously).
If a bill of material is isolated, it acts as a simple table and it is non-associative.

All the parameters associated to a given bill of material style are listed in the table below.


Parameter	Description
Create style	Click Create style to create a new style for a bill of material. In the Name of new style box, you can enter a name of the new style. By default, the new style is duplicated from the Default style available in the Duplicated from list. However, you can select a different style based on which the new style is created.
Delete style	Click Delete style to delete an existing style for a bill of material. You need to select a style in the Delete style list.

Bill of Material Format

Specifies the format for the bill of material. The bill of material is managed using the standard. The standard enables the administrator to manage the format and the properties of the bill of material.

Various parameters that can be managed using the format are listed in the table below:


Parameter		Description
Type		You can generate the bill of material using the following type: Summarized: This option lets you create the bill of material that takes into account the leaf level in the product structure. Each node of the product structure is considered. This is the default option. Top Level: This option lets you create the bill of material that takes into account only the top-level or first-level products that are under the root product.
BOM Orientation		You can generate the bill of material with the following orientation: Header on top: Creates the bill of material displaying the header row at the top. This is the default option. Header at the bottom: Creates the bill of material in the reverse order displaying the header row at the bottom of the table instead of displaying it at the top.
No Value Label		Set a label when no value is specified in the appropriate property box. The default value is '-'.
No Material Label		Set a label, when the material property is specified in the bill of material and no information is specified for the material property. The default value is '-'. Notes: The bill of material displays the material defined only at the part level (materials defined at the instance level or within a body are not taken into account). When a part does not contain any material, the bill of material displays the appropriate flag, which has been specified in the standard definition.
Favorite Table Style		The table style name to be applied to the tables that represent the bill of material. This style is applied while creating the bill of material. When a bill of material style is reapplied to an existing bill of material, the table style is not reapplied to the tables. The default value is 'Default'.
Item Number Label Type		For each line of the bill of material, a specific item number is specified. The item number is used in the balloons for numbering. The numbering can be of two types: Integer: 1,2,3...: Select this option if you want the item numbering to be integer. This is the default option. Letters A,B,C...Z,AA,BB... : Select this option if you want the item numbering in an alphabetical order.
Show Phantom Products		Specifies whether the phantom products must be shown in the bill of material. No: Select No to hide the phantom products or unreal products in the bill of material. By default, this option is selected. Yes: Select Yes to show the phantom products in the bill of material. For more information, see Social and Collaborative > Product Development - Classic > Physical Product and Engineering BOM Collaboration User's Guide > Working with the Product Structure > EBOM Collaboration Intention.
Show Fake Parts		Specifies whether the fake parts must be shown in the bill of material. No: Select No to hide the fake parts in the bill of material. By default, this option is selected. Yes: Select Yes to show the fake parts in the bill of material.
Display of Removed Products		Specifies the display of the removed products from a bill of material. Keep the blank line: Select this option to show a blank line (in the bill of material) which is associated with the deleted part. Delete the line: Select this option to delete the line permanently (in the bill of material) which is associated with the deleted part. Strikethrough the line: Select this option to strikethrough the line (in the bill of material) which is associated with the deleted part.

Reported Properties

Specifies the properties that are displayed as columns in the bill of material. For each property, a column is created. By default, the bill of material is created using the default bill of material style, which uses the following four default properties. However, you can add other properties too. You can also enrich the bill of material with as many attributes as you want or you can change the existing attributes.

Item No.
Quantity
Description
Part Number

The following table displays the parameters used for configuring the reported properties.


Parameter	Description
List of properties > Product Type Filter	You can sort the product attributes by the selected product type. Using this, you can select a product type and then choose the required attribute among the list of available attributes for the selected product type. The product type filter also includes the bill of material specific BOM predefined attributes filter, which displays the item number and the quantity attributes.
List of properties > Property	You can select an existing property and modify it.
List of properties > Title	You can modify the title of the selected property. For each property, a default name is specified. However, you can change the default name using this field.
List of properties > Column width	You can modify the column width of the selected property. The width value is specified using the drafting standard unit (mm/m/inch as specified in the Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > Drafting > General > Paper Unit > Length box).
New	This is enabled only if a single line is selected. When you click New, a new reported property is inserted at the end of the list and is initialized from the previously selected property.
Delete	This is enabled only if a single line is selected. Deletes one or more selected properties.
Move up	You can modify the order of properties. The first line matches with the first column of the bill of material (the first column of the bill of material displays the values of the property available in the first line of the bill of material configuration). This is enabled only if a single line is selected. This is disabled if the selected line is the first one. Moves the selected property up.
Move down	This is enabled only if a single line is selected. This is disabled if the selected line is the last one. Moves the selected property down.