Configuration of displayed columns

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The Woodwork for Inventor BOM generator allows the user to configure the display of the columns representing assembly data in the screen.

 

To open the command, go to:

 

Woodwork for Inventor BOM –> ChooseColumns W4I_Bom_MainView_ChooseColumns

 

 

A window will open displaying the following fields:

 

BOM generator output for view fields

 

Meaning of some most important fields:

 

Code - corresponds to the Part Name field in the iProperties tab.
Name - corresponds to the Description field in the iProperties tab.
Path - file path.
Bom structure - defines the component type.
Quantity - the value of this field depends on the context in which a datum is displayed. If it is a/an:
Assembly - quantity is displayed in units.
Part - quantity is displayed in units.
Workpiece - quantity is displayed in units
Material - depending on the material type, a quantity in which the material is estimated can be displayed: length, width, volume.
 

 

Depending on what is displayed in a row (a part, a workpiece, or a material), the data in the nodes are displayed defining their following parameters:

 

Length
Width
Thickness

 

 

The following can be additionally displayed about a material:

 

Appearance Code
Appearance Name
Covering Side

 

 

Keyword preview - shows the interpreted value of the keyword. If this field is enabled, the keyword entry box is activated in the BOM window.

 

Keyword preview

 

Once a keyword is entered, the value will appear in the Keyword preview column.

 

The enabling/disabling of these fields is performed by checking appropriate boxes.

The sequential order of the columns in the screen can be changed by Move Up, Move Down buttons.