Welcome to OpenBOM documentation
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Start here: Essentials for getting started with OpenBOM
How to start using OpenBOM
- Part number, properties, and BOM types
- Working with BOMs and Part Catalogs
- Registration and installations
- Import from Excel spreadsheet
- Create BOM in Onshape
- Import BOM from desktop CAD or Fusion 360
- BOM Exports and Reports
CAD Integrations
- CAD plug-in nuts and bolts for cloud storage
- Basic instructions for installing a CAD plug-in
- SOLIDWORKS plug-in installation and exporting a BOM
- Solid Edge plug-in installation and exporting a BOM
- Template support for SOLIDWORKS OpenBOM integration
- Autodesk® Fusion 360™ (installing and extracting a BOM)
- Kubotek® KeyCreator®
The Basics
- Registration and Login
- Creating your first BOM
- Importing a BOM spreadsheet
- Saving my BOM?
- How to share a BOM
- Deleting and recovering a BOM
- Applying filters in a BOM
- Creating a user defined BOM View
- Using OpenBOM formulas
- Team Admin and Team sharing a BOM
- How to access OpenBOM support
- Exporting a BOM
- Folders
- Search for a BOM in the Dashboard
- Search for a Part in the Dashboard
- Indexed Search
- Managing what properties are viewed in a BOM
BOM Properties
- Creating Properties
- Property types
- Deleting properties
- Changing property order in a BOM
- Using the Checkbox property
- Using the Reference property
- Using the Mass property (Onshape only)
- Property Tables
Change Management
- Change management overview
- BOM revisions
- History of changes
- Creating a change report
- Capturing BOM changes with Excel
Parts Catalogs
- How to create a Part Catalog and manage Part Numbers
- Adding McMaster-Carr part info to a BOM
- How to use the default Part Catalog
- Creating a Part Catalog in Onshape
- Assigning Part Catalogs to a BOM
- Adding Part Catalog properties to a BOM
- Creating a new inventory by importing a spreadsheet
Sharing and Collaboration
BOM Templates
Multi-level BOMs
Production Planning and Order BOM
Onshape topics
- Registering and set up
- Creating a BOM in Onshape
- Extract geometric data from Onshape Parts
- Add a BOM to an Onshape drawing
- Sharing data inside and outside a team
- Using the Mass property
- Generate a multi-level BOM in Onshape
- Creating an inventory (parts catalog)
- Onshape user defined BOM template
- Onshape standard content
OpenBOM REST API topics
