Part V: Creating Drawings
FIGURE 24.20
The drawing view and the BOM after Step 11
- Toggle back to the drawing (pressing Ctrl+Tab), select anywhere on the BOM table,
and then select Table Properties from the PropertyManager. Expand the Part
Configuration Grouping panel, and select the Display all configurations of the same part
as one item option. This changes how the bracket displays, as well as the pins.
- Now add a column to the BOM that calls on an existing custom property that is
already in all the parts. Place the cursor over the last column on the right and
RMB+click it. Choose Insert ➪ Column Right. This places a new column to the right of
the last one and displays a pop-up menu that enables you to set the column to be driven
by a custom property , as shown in Figure 24.21.
- In the first drop-down selection box, select the Weight custom property. Click the
green check mark icon to accept the changes. If the popup menu disappears and you
need to get it back, double-click the column header, and it will reappear.
- You can save the BOM with the additional column as a BOM template by right-click-
ing anywhere in the BOM and selecting Save As. You can then set the type to a BOM
template and the directory to the library location for BOM templates.
