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Assembly and Design Table Drawings

30.4. -It is possible to customize the Bill of Materials by adding more columns with

information imported from the components' custom properties.

To add columns to the table, right-mouse-click in the "QTY" cell in the table

(or any other column), and from the pop-up menu select "Insert, Column Right"

(or Left. .. ) to locate the new column. For the "Column type" value select "CUSTOM

PROPERTY," and from the "Property name" drop down list, select "Material."

For components with a custom property assigned, its corresponding value

will be automatically filled in the Bill of Materials table.

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Zoom/ Pan/ Rotate
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Recent Commands
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Shaft with Hex Drive Select

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Formatting
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1 SW-Autho (Auth t:>:
SW-Comments(Comments)

2 SW-Configuration Nam~(C:on
SW-Created Date(Created Da1
SW-File Name(File Name)

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SW -Keyword s(Keyword s)
SW-last Saved By(last Saved
S\1\'-last Saved Date(last Save
1 SW-long Date(long Date)

SW-Short Date(Short Date)

1 SW-Subject(Subject)
SW-Title(litle)

Volume
Weight
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Repeat the process to add another column to the right with the custom property

"Weight"; when finished adjust the column's width and relocate the table in the

drawing.

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