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Bills Of Materials in Aletiq

Check out what are the different types of bill of materials (BOM) used in Aletiq and how to manage them

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Written by Valentin Coquant
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The different types of BOM (Bills Of Materials)

Aletiq manages 4 types of BOM:

  • CAD BOM

  • Part BOM

  • Products Definition BOM

  • Products Manufacturing BOM

CAD BOM

It is the BOM representative of a CAD file.

It is directly retrieved from the file tree of a CAD assembly file (Catia, Solidworks, Crea, ...). The CAD BOM is stored in Aletiq, directly linked to the part it contains, but is only editable within a design software.

The CAD BOM may contain some components used for context during design phase, and that are not really part of the assembly that need to be stored in Aletiq.

Part BOM

It is the BOM representative of a part.

It is identical to the CAD BOM but some of the components can be ignored (for example the components purely used for context during design phase)

This part BOM can be accessed from the parts it is linked to :

Note : if the part is linked to a product, the part BOM can also be accessed from the Part BOM tab of a product definition

How to complete a part BOM

When an assembly is uploaded to Aletiq for the first time, it is possible that some of the links to its part are missing or not recognized. It is possible that even after uploading the missing part independently, the link is not repaired automatically. In that case the part BOM has to be manually completed :

  1. Upload the assembly through either the CAD plugin (For more details check how to use a CAD plugin) or manually

    The assemblies for which the part BOM is incomplete are identified with an orange dot next to the revision field

  2. Click on Complete the BOM directly from the part view or open the details window of the part and click on "..." then on Complete the BOM

  3. Complete the missing links by searching parts manually

From this page, it is possible to remove parts that are not necessary in the Part BOM, with the eye button

Product Definition BOM

It is the BOM representative of a product.

It may contain additional components than what is present in the Part BOM, mostly components that are not modeled such as electronics, glue, paint etc.

This BOM can be accessed from the product definition :

💡 For more information : Edit Product BOM (eBOM)

Product Manufacturing BOM

💡 For more information : Construire une nomenclature de fabrication (mBOM)

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