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Configurations support in BOM of drawings

BOM of assemblies with configured components are correctly handled by DBWorks in the Bom command available in the contextual menu of a selected drawing, but only at these conditions:

1.The option Options, Configurations, [X] Save configurations as distinct records must be checked.

2.The file SCHEMA\BOMTITLE.TXT must contain the entry:
BOMTEMP_XLS_CONFIGURATION "<name of column CONFIGURATION in BOMTEMP.XLS"

3.The SolidWorks BOM template file BOMTEMP.XLS must include the column CONFIGURATION (localized in accordance with the language), with a name->define set to CONFIGURATION.

Consider the following sample:

DBWORKS DATABASE

Suppose now to have the assembly:

CfgAssem1

+ p1cfg(c1)

+ p1cfg(c1)

+ p1cfg(c2)

+ p1cfg(c2)

+ p1cfg(c2)

+ p1

Suppose to have a drawing of this assembly, with a BOM of it inserted; the BOMTEMP.XLS file has been modified so that the column CONFIGURATION is added and refers to the custom property CONFIGURATION:

BOMTEMP.XLS

In the drawing, the BOM will appear as:

 
Now, executing the BOM of this drawing from the browser of MechworksPDM, depending from the state of the option Configurations->[X] Save configurations as distinct records, the following outputs is generated by MechworksPDM:

[ ] Save configurations as distinct records UNCHECKED

[X] Save configurations as distinct records CHECKED

which is correct.