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Creating Bills of Material | 523
Notice the SUBPULLY definition in the list of parts. The plus sign in front of
it indicates that it is a subassembly.
2 Click the plus sign in front of SUBPULLY.
The BOM database now lists all the parts in the assembly, including those in
the subassembly.
Choose OK to exit the BOM dialog box.
3 Select the Model tab in the browser. A BOM icon is located under PULLYASM.
By default, the BOM takes the same name as the assembly file. You can
change this setting by editing the name of the BOM directly in the Browser.
To edit the name of a BOM
1 Using the Browser, rename the BOM database.
Browser Right-click the BOM icon and choose Rename.
2 Change the name to BOM_1.
Customizing BOM Databases
Mechanical Desktop provides symbol standards for major drafting conven-
tions, including ANSI, BSI, CSN, DIN, GB, ISO, and JIS. By modifying the
symbol standards, you can control the way symbols, balloons, and parts lists
are displayed in the drawing, when you create them.
Next, modify the symbol standards to control the number of columns used
in the parts list and the name of one of the columns.