Watch this video to see how to work with Parts Catalogs in Onshape: Support Inventory (parts catalogs) creation from Onshape Part Studio. Here’s how you can generate a parts catalog from a Part Studio you can then assign to a BOM. […]
Speak to a manufacturing company and they are likely to assert the product cost is one of the most important considerations in manufacturing. There are many challenges in cost management and the pricing of a product. One challenge I hear […]
A Bill of Material (BOM) is a complete list of components that make up a finished manufactured product. The BOM consists of Part Numbers of each component, quantity, and unit of measure. A BOM usually has multiple levels outlining each […]
Multi-level (or nested) BOMs usually raise many questions with users. In this article, I want to discuss how OpenBOM handles multi-level BOMs. And please keep in mind, we’re still working to improve how we handle multi-level BOMs. With that in mind, I’ll also share what […]
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A custom user defined template is an OpenBOM mechanism available in Onshape that gives users the ability to create a custom BOM template that defines both the Onshape and openBoM properties and their order in a BOM. 1. Click “Select […]
BOM templates you save time and effort creating manual BOMs from scratch. If you’d like to reuse a BOM as a template for other BOMs, this feature is for you. Here’s how you create a simple BOM template. You’ll also […]
If you are not familiar with creating a simple BOM template, please read first, Creating a simple BOM template. An inventory template is a BOM template that “remembers” any inventories and properties from those inventories assigned to the BOM from […]
The Bill-of-Materials (or BOM) is the lifeblood of every engineering and manufacturing process. Regardless of how simple or complex the product is, a BOM is required to define what parts go to manufacturing, what parts are bought or assembled, etc. […]
In addition to assigning inventories (also known as parts lists) to a BOM, you can choose what part attributes, i.e., properties, are added to a BOM. This comes in handy if you conceptualize a BOM by starting from a few […]
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