BOMs and Catalogs are fundamental elements of OpenBOM reference instance model. Think about Catalog as a distributed database of parts, components, assemblies. Every component managed by a company or a team is recorded in catalogs. Bill of Materials manages information […]
There are two fundamental ways to use OpenBOM: (1) Managing BOMs (including Part lists and multi-level structures); and (2) Managing BOMs and Parts. The first way, (1), is simple and very similar to the way you present data in spreadsheets and in most […]
The option to create a part catalog provides you a single place to define Part data (Part catalog) and then use these Parts in different BOMs. To learn the basics and more about part catalogs, read the following articles: Creating […]
The purpose of this post is to share with you more details of how the new openBoM calculated properties (formula) can be used in a scenario where you want to manage Item Master data (in openBoM as a part catalog/inventory) […]
The days of pure mechanical products are over. With few exceptions, the majority of products today have a bunch of electronic and electromechanical components inside. As a result, BOMs no longer are a simple set of standard and engineering parts […]
Counting every part down to the smallest screws, a single product can have 1000s of parts. Some of these parts are made by OEMs, however, companies use numerous suppliers that make many of these parts. Managing information about parts is […]
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. […]
The Reference property is a Property data type you can assign any URL to. Use Reference properties to create external links in your BOM. For example, to a parts catalogue. Watch this video to see how to create and assign […]
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