Bill of Materials - Reordering

The order of items in the Bill of Materials is inherited from the CAD application that generated the BOM. When viewing the BOM in Vault Professional, the Row column indicates the order of the items. Each subassembly listed in the BOM displays its own numbering scheme, starting at 1 and incrementing by one.

New items added to the BOM within Vault Professional are appended to the end of the order. New items added to the BOM from a CAD add-in are appended to the end of the order when an update is performed.

When an item is removed from the BOM, a gap occurs in the numbering sequence. Use Renumber to update the order. Only the top-level children in an item's BOM can be renumbered.

Items listed in the BOM can be reordered by dragging and dropping items within the BOM. The items can be returned to the original order or the new order can be set as the default.

Reorder a BOM

1. In the item master, double-click an item.
2. In the item record, select the Bill of Materials tab.
3. Select a row or sort with one column to change its order in the BOM.
4.  Click Save Row Order to save the changed order.
5. To revert back to the original one, click Restore Saved Order.

   Click Save and Close to retain the new order or click File > Exit to close the item record without saving the new BOM order.