{"id":5264,"date":"2017-08-31T11:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2017-08-31T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T10:12:49","slug":"solidworks-composer-quick-start-guide-5-bill-of-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/solidworks-composer-quick-start-guide-5-bill-of-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Composer Quick Start Guide #5: Bill of Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to the fifth post in a new SOLIDWORKS Composer tutorial series called the <strong>SOLIDWORKS Composer Quick Start Guide<\/strong>! This guide is intended to orient new users in SOLIDWORKS Composer and walk them though the basic features of the software. In today\u2019s episode, we\u2019re covering how to create a Bill of Materials (BOM). A BOM is an incredibly useful piece of documentation both for manufacturers and consumers, and thankfully, creating one in Composer is a very simple process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18003 colorbox-18002\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide-615x476.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide-615x476.jpg 615w, http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide-768x595.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide-728x564.jpg 728w, http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Video-5-Image-Bill-of-Materials-SW-Composer-Quick-Start-Guide.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"476\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the work in creating a BOM within Composer can be done within the BOM Workshop. In order to create a BOM, each piece of the assembly needs to have an ID number. SOLIDWORKS Composer has a breadth of tools in labeling your pieces. You can choose to label your pieces by name, by description, by shape, and more. Once they\u2019ve been labeled, creating a BOM is just a click away. The workshop even includes a Callout tool, which will automatically label your pieces with their BOM ID, to make the connection between the table and the assembly even clearer.<\/p>\n<p>You can also choose to directly import the SOLIDWORKS BOM from your SOLIDWORKS file if you have already created one.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MoP7afurOz4?rel=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThat\u2019s all for another episode of the SOLIDWORKS Composer Quick Start Guide.<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/08\/solidworks-composer-quick-start-guide-5-bill-materials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to the fifth post in a new SOLIDWORKS Composer tutorial series called the SOLIDWORKS Composer Quick Start Guide! 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