Draw a BOM table - PTC Support Portal

The Draw BOM dialog box allows you to add the current BOM information to your drawing. The information in the Current BOM Table is added as a sketch. DrawaBOMtable TheDrawBOMdialogboxallowsyoutoaddthecurrentBOMinformationtoyourdrawing.TheinformationintheCurrentBOMTableisaddedasasketch.Youcancontrolthedirectioninwhichthetableentriesaredrawn,andspecifyaparticularrangeofthetabletoincludeinthedrawntable. Theformatofadrawntableistakenfromtheactivelayout,whichisaloadedsketchtemplate.YoucanconfigureanynumberofBOMlayouts. TodrawthecurrentBOMtable,1.ClickInsertandthen,intheBOMgroup,clickDraw.TheDrawBOMdialogboxopens.2.Ifnecessary,changethesettingsunderBOMLayout,GrowthDirection,TableRange,andDrawBOMSketch.Theseoptionsaredescribedbelow.3.ClickDraw,andspecifythepositionofthetablebyclickingintheviewportorbyenteringcoordinates(forthecursorattachpoint)intheuserinputline.Youcanchangethecursorattachmentpointatanytimewhilepositioning.4.Clicktoconfirmthepositionandcompletetheoperation.Thefollowingoptionscanbespecifiedtocontroltheappearanceandcontentsofadrawntable:•BOMlayoutBOMtablesareformattedaccordingtotheactiveBOMlayout.CreoElements/DirectAnnotationselectsanactivelayoutautomatically,butyoucanchangeitinoneofthefollowingways:◦EnterthelayoutnameintheActLayoutbox.◦ClickActLayoutandselectthelayoutfromtheSketchLayouttable.Theselectedlayoutremainstheactivelayoutuntilitischangedagain.•GrowthdirectionThisdeterminesthedirectioninwhichthetableinformationislisted.Theoptionsare:Down(Thedefaultsetting)ThisoptioncausestheBOMdatatobedisplayedfromtoptobottom,withthetableheadlineatthetop.UpThisoptioncausesthedatatobelistedfrombottomtotop,withthetableheadlineatthebottom.•TablerangeItispossibletodrawonlyaspecifiedsubrangeoftheCurrentBOMTable.WhenSubRangeisnotselected,theentiretableisdrawn.Tospecifyasubrange,1.ClickSubRangetoexpandtheDrawBOMdialogbox.2.ClickFrom.TheCurrentBOMTableopens.3.Clickthepartorassemblyinthetabletobethefirstelementoftherange,andclickApply(ordouble-clicktheentry).4.ClickToandspecifythelastelementoftherangeasabove.•CursorattachmentUsetheAdjustbuttontospecifytheexactpointatwhichtheBOMtablewillbeattachedtothecursorwhilepositioning.(Aboxrepresentingthetableisattachedtothecursorduringpositioning.)Thedefaultisatthecenterofthetable,butthecornersandmidpointsofthesidescanalsobeselected.•ThesketchlayouttableTheSketchLayouttabledisplaysalltheBOMlayoutsavailablefornewly-drawnBOMtables.Anysketchcanbeusedasalayout,butitmustfirstberegisteredtoappearinthetable.Layoutsarelistedinthetableintheordertheywereregistered.However,youcancontrolwhatisdisplayedbyapplyingafilteroverthecolumndata.Right-clicktheSketchLayoutNamecolumnheadertoopentheColumnFilterbox,andset(orclear)filters.