Case Study on Configuring AutoCAD Mechanical toolset - BOM Properties and Parts Lists

BOM Properties and Parts Lists

Due to the abilities of AutoCAD Mechanical toolset's bill of materials, they capture the PART NUMBER, CUT LENGTH, and MASS of each component to assist in design documentation. The MASS multiplied by the QTY automatically calculates the TOTAL MASS of individual components. This figure is summed to give a final result for the drawing/design. All properties; PART NUMBER, CUT LENGTH, MASS, and TOTAL MASS appear in each parts list by default, as shown in the following parts list.

Parts List
Item	QTY	Part No	Description	Material / Standard	Cut Length (mm)	Mass (kg)	Total Mass (kg)
Parts List
Item	QTY	Part No	Description	Material / Standard	Cut Length (mm)	Mass (kg)	Total Mass (kg)
1	2	10025	Mounting Plate	Flat Bar 50x6	175.0	0.413	0.826
2	6	30531	Hex-Head Bolt	ISO 4014 - M6 x 45		0.0	0.0
3	1	20105	I-Shape	AISC - M8 x 6.5	1200.0	11.608	11.608
							12.434

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The column widths and text heights are:

Property	Caption	Column Width	Caption Text Height	Data Text Height
Item	Item	10 mm	3.5 mm	3.5 mm
QTY	QTY
PART NUMBER	Part No.	20 mm
DESCRIPTION	Description	50 mm
Standard	Material / Standard
DIM	Cut Length (mm)	15 mm
MASS	Mass (kg)
TMASS	Total Mass (kg)