Bill of Materials window
This window is used to assign material items to the
on the Bill of Materials (BOM) report. The window contains two lists:
one with the items in your standard database or estimate, based on whether you
opened the window from the Databasetab (Database menu in classic view) or the spreadsheet, and the other
with the material classes you set up. As you assign items, you have complete
control over their positions and descriptions on the bill of materials
(BOM).
To open the Database Bill of Materials window: From the Databasetab, select Miscellaneous group > Bill of Materials (in classic view, select Database menu > Bill of Materials). Or, from the Database Item window, click
[BOM]. The command is available
only when a standard database is open.
To open the Estimate Bill of Materials window: From the spreadsheet,
select Edit Bill of Materials from the shortcut menu.
Tips:
- Click [Expand], [Collapse], and [All] to expand and collapse
the lists.
- Double-click on an item in
one list to find it in the other list.
- To assign an item to a material
class, drag it from the Items list to the appropriate Material Class folder.
Where you drop them determines their
and .
- To drag all items in a single
folder to the Materials Classes list, press the Shift key and click the selected
folder.
- To create a new material
class, click .
- To edit a material class
or alternate description, click .
- To edit an item in the list,
select the item and choose the edit command from the shortcut menu.