From BOM to Purchase Order
OpenBOM™ is a registered Trademark of Newman Cloud, Inc. | © 2022
From BOM to Purchase Order
One of the most powerful features of OpenBOM is the ability to transfer CAD and related files (Drawings, PDF, etc) from your desktop CAD tool to your favorite cloud storage area. The benefit of storing your important data in the […]
OpenBOM Views is a very powerful mechanism, which allows only to display the data you need. In one of my earlier step-by-step lessons I demonstrated how to create views and control what columns (properties) will be displayed in each view. […]
Overview The ugly fact is that most companies have BOMs and/or Catalogs (inventories) stored in Excel. OpenBOM has a variety of features to help you import and export this information directly to OpenBOM. This section will take you through: Importing […]
A Catalog (formerly called a Part Catalog) is a central location for storing information about any item which may be used in a Bill of Material. Essentially anything in your company which has a part number can be an entry […]
This section will guide you through completion of the Inventor plug-in setup. The OpenBOM plug-in connects your Inventor desktop installation to OpenBOM’s powerful cloud application through the use of an Inventor plug-in. The installation and setup of the plug-in is […]
This chapter will provide an understanding of the OpenBOM user interface. More details on each section below will be available in the help for that specific topic. Dashboard After you sign-in to OpenBOM you will see the Main OpenBOM Dashboard. […]
Public and private properties. Property Tables. In OpenBOM, a BOM Property is a data attribute, for example, Part Number, Quantity, Description. Think of a BOM property the same way you would a column header in a spreadsheet. There are […]
Properties are fundamental building blocks to create information in OpenBOM. After you define properties you need you can create Part Catalogs, Parts and Bill of Materials. You can create BOM in OpenBOM from scratch by using New Bill of Materials […]
Let’s talk about different BOM types. The fundamental flexible OpenBOM model remains the same. But we are adding many features and functions that will make your OpenBOM experience much easier. In addition to two existing BOM types — (1) Multi-level and (2) […]
OpenBOM™ is a registered Trademark of Newman Cloud, Inc. | © 2022