SOLIDWORKS BOM
Best practices to manage and utilize your SOLIDWORKS Bill of Materials (BOM)
BOM Tables in SOLIDWORKS can sometimes create as many issues as they often solve, as you take the time to manipulate the shape of your table against a given drawing template. After all of the manipulation via dragging columns and rows to a perfect height,…
Recently I was asked by one of our customers if it was possible to add a header to a BOM table in SOLIDWORKS. Fortunately, the answer is yes and here’s how you can do it. After inserting a BOM table, and while it is still selected — you…
CIMdata recently released an article titled, “PLM for All: Unleashing Product Data to the Enterprise.” It talks about the actual use and perception of PLM in industry and makes solid points about what is needed to realize the value potential of PLM. Here is a…
Do you design with TSLOTS? Download a FREE TSLOTS SOLIDWORKS Add-in
Many SOLIDWORKS users work with TSLOTS for their machine, robot cages and or frame designs. TSLOTS are basically Aluminum Extrusions that come in various sizes and standards (Metric, Fractional, B-Series). You can represent them inside of SOLIDWORKS by creating profiles to use in a weldment environment OR…
Do you want to expand your existing SOLIDWORKS PDM system into a full SOLIDWORKS Product Lifecycle Management solution in order to connect your business systems and processes? Aras PLM from Javelin is the solution you are looking for. Aras PLM works directly with SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional as a full-featured, business-ready…
Columns in your SOLIDWORKS Bill of Materials (BOM) can be used for more than reporting model values, quantity counts and custom properties. One of the options is to add a SOLIDWORKS BOM Equation column to calculate and show a result based upon custom properties or other columns…
How to create a SOLIDWORKS BOM Template for Drawings and Assemblies
One of the theories that I try to get across to students in our SOLIDWORKS classes is that of repeatability and attempting to take steps to only perform a setup operation once, and save them for later reuse. SOLIDWORKS BOM templates offer us an opportunity to…
The evolution of the business environment is proceeding at a rapid pace. The complexity of today’s products continues to increase as software and internet connectivity become integral components in products from all industries. Globalization creates opportunities and disrupts existing markets in the form of extended…
If you need to learn the fundamentals of using SOLIDWORKS software then you should try our SOLIDWORKS Essentials Course. New CAD users, seasoned users of other CAD systems, and veteran SOLIDWORKS users will all benefit from Essentials training. Real life case studies are used to illustrate processes to teach…