Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 13 – Creating the Assembly Drawing with the BOM
Section V – Creating Engineering Drawings 13.4 Adding the BOM

 Click the check mark.

 Repeat InsertComponentExisting Part/Assembly, but do not explode the

assembly.

 Click each of the views and select Display State Shaded With Edges.

Step 113: Right-click to choose Edit Sheet Format and fill the title block.

 Tolerances, materials and finish are not filled in the assembly drawing. This is because

the parts in the assembly can be made of different materials and manufactured with

different tolerances.

 The wheel assembly drawing can be found in the Appendix.

13. 4 Adding the BOM

Step 114: Click InsertTablesBill of Materials on the Main
Menu.

 Click the skateboard assembly to open the BOM dialog box

in Figure 13.1.

 Accept the default options by clicking the check mark and

drag the mouse to position the BOM table. See any of the

assembly drawings in the Appendix.

 To add a column or row to the BOM table, right-click over

the table and select InsertColumn or InsertRow.

 To type or make changes, double-click on a table cell.

 To exit the edit mode, click outside the BOM.

Step 115: Add balloons one at a time with the Balloon command in
the Command Manager’s Annotations tab, or use the
AutoBalloon command. The balloons can be moved with click-
drag.

 Notice that SolidWorks already knows which part you want

to label with a balloon. You provided this information when

you created the assembly.

Figure 13. 1 – Bill of Materials