General Settings
To access these Preferences, click General Settings
in the Preferences tree.
| Setting
|
Description
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| Design BOM creation
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Select to create design BOMs:
| Option |
Description |
| Never
|
Design BOM will never be
created and is disabled. |
| Always
|
Users can create design BOMs
if required. |
| Nonvariant
Designs
|
You can create a Design BOM
provided it does not include variants. |
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| BOM Settings
|
Select the check boxes for functions you
want to enable:
| Check Box
|
Description
|
| Create Collapsed
BOM
|
When selected, the
app
transfers a collapsed BOM to
3DEXPERIENCE.
When not selected, the
app
transfers an expanded BOM.
The BOM Editor always displays an expanded BOM.
|
| Allow Design
BOM
|
When selected, you can add the BOM from the design
scope using the
Design in the BOM Editor
dialog box. You can create a bill of materials that reflects all components
available in the design independent of any variant settings.
Select this check box if you want to create a
total BOM without having to define an explicit Total Variant Object in
3DEXPERIENCE.
|
| Allow Disabling of EDA
parts
|
When selected, EDA components are optional. Users
can disable components from the EDA through the BOM extraction process.
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| Allow Adding Parts from 3DEXPERIENCE or External Part
Lists
|
When selected, you can add components from
3DEXPERIENCE
to the BOM structure.
You can execute a part search to find these components. The app flags these
components as user components. Only user
components are removable from the BOM and not EDA
components.
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| Store Parts Added by
User
|
When selected, you can click
Store in the
BOM Management dialog box to
store user-created parts with the other EDA parts in the local system.
|
| Allow Manual
replacement of EDA Parts with Parts from 3DEXPERIENCE
|
When selected, users can use the Assign context menu in the
BOM Editor dialog box to
reassign default parts of an EDA component with a
3DEXPERIENCE part.
|
| Use 3DEXPERIENCE
Background Job for BOM creation
|
When selected, BOMs are created using background
jobs to allow users to continue working.
If selected, enter a value in the
Threshold box to define when
background jobs will be used. For example, if you enter 500, a background job
is only used if the BOM contains more than 500 parts.
For more information, see .
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| Threshold
|
You can specify the threshold value which, states that the background
job will be used only when BOM contains parts more
than the specified value. For example, if the
specified threshold is 500, then the background
job is carried out if the BOM contains more than
500 parts. |
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| Missing Part
Strategy
|
Select what action you want the app to perform if the BOM contains EDA
parts that do not exist in3DEXPERIENCE.
| Option |
Description |
| Error
|
Disables the
Create nonexisting parts in
3DEXPERIENCE check box. If a BOM
contains nonexisting parts, the user must resolve
the issue before creating the BOM. When this
option is not selected, users can select the check
box when creating a BOM, and any parts that do not
already exist will be created.
|
| Warning
|
Enables the
Create nonexisting parts in
3DEXPERIENCE check box. When that
check box is selected during BOM creation and the
app encounters a part that does not exist in 3DEXPERIENCE, it performs the
action determined by the Create
nonexisting Parts in 3DEPXERIENCE
check box. By selecting this check box, new parts
will be created. If the check box is not selected,
missing parts are removed from the BOM creation
and are not considered in the PDM BOM. To
create a part, the app uses the settings, such as
Type and Policy, defined in the Scope
Specific Part Creation dialog box.
|
| Ignore
|
Enables the
Create nonexisting parts in
3DEXPERIENCE check box. When you
select this check box, any missing parts are
created in 3DEXPERIENCE, and no messages
are displayed about the missing parts. |
Select the Create nonexisting parts in
3DEXPERIENCE check box for testing and
prototyping, but not in a production environment. When selected,
the Connector for Cadence OrCAD can display an error
message if the part is not visible because of its current state
or other access issue.
For example, a part named Part-1234 exists in the
Preliminary state; however, the Connector for Cadence OrCAD only looks for parts in the
Released state. When you try to
create the BOM, that part is considered to be nonexistent and
you will see a warning.
In this case, the error message is appropriate and notifies you
that an issue exists with the part (such as not being in the
required state).
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BOM Editor Settings
To access these settings, click BOM Editor in the Preferences tree.
| Setting |
Description |
| BOM Structure View
Table
|
Select the table view used to display columns
for the BOM view. |
| Table EDA Part Details
|
Select the table view used to display ECAD properties, such as when
displaying parts in the Part Search
dialog box. |
| BOM Editor Modification Usage
Strategy
|
Choose if the Connector for Cadence OrCAD should load existing BOM
modifications in the BOM dialog box:
| Option |
Description |
| Discard
|
Does not load any BOM modifications without a warning. |
| Load
|
Automatically loads BOM modifications. |
| Ask
|
Prompts you to load modifications. In the dialog box, you can
choose to ignore or load the modifications, and
includes a check box to "Remember this decision."
If that check box is selected, this preference is
updated accordingly. |
|
CAD Model Settings
To access these settings, click CAD Model in thePreferences tree.
| Setting |
Description |
| CAD Model Existence
Check
|
Select the form to use when checking for the
existence of CAD models in 3DEXPERIENCE. When a user opens the
BOM Management dialog box, Connector for Cadence OrCAD uses the selected form to
define the document criteria used to verify if the model exists.
|
| Connect BOM to CAD Model
Revision
|
When selected, connects the BOM to the CAD
Model revision or the CAD Model Version. In this case, the user
does not work with versioned objects and always sees the BOM on
the CAD Model Revision. |
Assembly Settings
To access this setting, click Assembly in the Preferences tree.
| Setting |
Description |
| Assembly Part Existence
Check
|
From the list, select the form used to check
if an assembly component exists in 3DEXPERIENCE. |
Bareboard Settings
To access these settings, click Bareboard in the Preferences tree.
| Setting |
Description |
| Reference Designator
Baseboard
|
Defines the Reference Designator used for the Bareboard. |
| Bareboard Part Existence
Check
|
From the list, select the form used to check
if a baseboard component exists in 3DEXPERIENCE. |
Part Settings
To access these settings, click Part in the Preferences tree.
| Part Setting |
Description |
| Part Creation
|
From the list, select the form used to create
missing parts in 3DEXPERIENCE. |
| Part Existence Check
|
From the list, select the form used to check if a part exists in 3DEXPERIENCE. For example, the form
could let the user specify Latest Released Revision. The search checks
for the Latest Released Revision of all assembly
parts that are in the Released state. If the revision
of the part is known, the existence check runs against the
exact Type, Name, and Revision of the part.
|
| Part Existence Check for Known
Revisions |
In case that the revision of the part is know,
then existence check is carried out for the exact Type, Name,
and Revision. |
| EBOM Relationship
|
From the list, select the form used to create
a relationship between parts, such as an EBOM connection between
a component and its parent. |
| Enable Ignore EDA Parts
|
When selected, you can define a regular
expression to choose which parts to ignore when extracting an
EDA BOM extraction. For example, users might choose to ignore
Testpoints, DNI Parts, and so on, that are required in the CAD
Design but have no meaningful representation in 3DEXPERIENCE. For example, you can
enter this regular expression:
partNo=^OA.*$;partNo=^TESTP.*$;partNo=^IGNORE.*$
This expression specifies that all parts starting with OA,
TEXP, and IGNORE will be ignored when creating BOMs.
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Search Settings
To access these settings, click Search in the Preferences tree.
| Setting |
Description |
| Part Search Criteria
|
Enter the name of the form used to define the
criteria used to search for Parts in 3DEXPERIENCE. |
| Part Search Details
Table
|
Enter the name fo the table used to display
the details of found Parts. |
| Search Limit
|
Enter an integer to limit the number of found
parts to that value. |
External Part List Settings
To access the wizard, click External Partlist in the Preferences tree. You can use the wizard to define a CSV
mapping file that maps columns from a CSV file to a master template that contains
BOM attributes. For more information, see Creating a CSV Mapping File.
You can also select an item in the list, then click
Remove to delete that item.
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