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Contents
Using configurations .........................................................................................................399
Locating the Keep Missing Items option ..................................................................399
Choosing Zero Quantity Display options ..................................................................400
Assigning item numbers ..................................................................................................400
Displaying the BOM contents ........................................................................................401
Controlling the appearance of the table-based BOM ..........................................401
Dissolving, combining, numbering, and restructuring for
indented BOMS ..............................................................................................................402
Adding columns or rows .................................................................................................403
Editing BOMs ........................................................................................................................404
Retiring the Excel-based BOM ...................................................................................................405
Using Design Tables ...................................................................................................................................406
Placing Hole Tables on Drawings .........................................................................................................408
Using Revision Tables ...............................................................................................................................410
Using General Tables .................................................................................................................................413
Working with Tables in Models ............................................................................................................413
Tutorial: Using BOMs ................................................................................................................................414
Tutorial: Using Hole Tables ....................................................................................................................418
Tutorial: Using Revision Tables ............................................................................................................420
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................421
Part V: Using Specialized or Advanced Techniques 423
Chapter 18: Using DriveWorks Xpress .......................... 425
Introducing DriveWorks Xpress ...........................................................................................................426
Exploring DriveWorks Xpress for your products .............................................................427
Aligning expectations with some estimates ........................................................................428
Building the Original Model ....................................................................................................................429
Automating an Example ...........................................................................................................................430
Getting Started: Automating a Design ..................................................................................431
Activating DriveWorks Xpress ..................................................................................................431
Creating a database ........................................................................................................................432
Capturing models............................................................................................................................433
Adding features and dimensions .............................................................................................434
Creating fields for the form ........................................................................................................436
Building rules ...................................................................................................................................436
Building a rule to suppress a component pattern ................................................438
Building a rule to change filenames ...........................................................................438
Using custom properties with DWX rules ...............................................................438
Building a rule for custom properties .......................................................................440
Running the example job .............................................................................................................440
Working with drawings ...............................................................................................................443
Summary .........................................................................................................................................................443
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