BOM Maintenance (SAP Library - PDM Integration for AutoCAD)

BOM Maintenance

If you wish, you can create bills of material (BOMs) for different usages. You can also create several alternative BOMs. However, only one BOM can be displayed in the drawing at any one time. This is the BOM that was created last.

You work through several steps in a specific sequence when you create or change a BOM:

Menu path: SAP ® Bill of material tools ® Create bill of material

Creating the BOM in AutoCAD, in the drawing or on the printer, an itemized BOM or summarized BOM, etc.

Menu path: SAP ® Bill of material ® Create

Creating or assigning a master material record for the BOM in the SAP system. This step is not proposed automatically if the drawing already has a reference to a master material record for the BOM in the SAP system.

Creating or changing BOM header data, and transferring the BOM items to the SAP system.

After you have created a BOM in the drawing, AutoCAD registers any changes you make to data that are relevant to the BOM.

Depending on your "AutoUpdatePartList" setting in the "PaList" section of the AutoCAD configuration, you will be notified every time you make a change and given the option of updating the BOM.

Function	What the function does
No	Terminates the function "Update Parts List".
Yes	Starts the function "Update Parts List".

If you do not update the BOM at this point, or if you have set the flag to "0", the message will appear when you save the drawing (see Save file).