SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part V: Creating Drawings

To move the table, click outside the upper-left corner and drag the table to a new location. When

the table is selected, a border appears around it that is not normally visible, and is not printed with

the drawing. You can change the properties of a row or a column by selecting just outside of the

row or column to the top or the left.

You can establish spacing and width of rows or columns by dragging the border on the left side of

the column with the split cursor or by accessing the column width setting through Formatting in

the RMB menu.

While it is activated, you can also expand a panel to the left and another to the top by clicking the

three small arrows in the selected BOM border. Figure 24.7 shows the left panel, called the Assembly

Structure panel, expanded with the cursor pointing to the three small arrows. In addition to showing

the assembly structure, this panel can also show which parts are ballooned on the drawing.

FIGURE 24.7

An expanded BOM border

Notice item 7 on the BOM. It has a different symbol and no name. This is a virtual component:

a component created in context but not saved to its own document file; it exists only within the

assembly.

Dissolving, combining, numbering, and restructuring for indented BOMS

You can dissolve an assembly in the BOM. To do this, the BOM has to show an indented list, then

access Dissolve from the RMB menu on the assembly icon. Any restructuring done to the BOM can

be deleted by RMB+clicking the assembly icon with red arrows and selecting Restore restructured

components.

If the BOM shows several parts that are identical, and you would like to combine them, again,

access the option from the RMB menu.