AMBOMSETTINGS command

Launches the BOM Settings dialog box.

BricsCAD Mechanical

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Method

There are two use cases to activate the mechanical entities:
  1. When creating a new drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Start a new drawing using a Mechanical2d template.
  2. When opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Open an existent ACM drawing and start special symbols creation.
Note: These dimensions are compatible with the legacy AutoCAD® Mechanical application.
Note: The dimensions will be added to the AM_5 layer.
Note: After opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities, filling other drawings with mechanical-related data will be done on-demand in contrast to previous versions. It will be possible when a user copies the mechanical-related entities to the vanilla drawing. In case of copying entities that are not related to the mechanical data, a vanilla drawing will not be filled with mechanical data.
Note: When you open a drawing that contains mechanical entities, but the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable is OFF, a warning bubble is displayed at the status bar that describes the situation and provides a hyperlink to immediately enable and load the mechanical 2d modules.

Opens the BOM Settingsdialog box.

Configures part references (Part References) properties and set up default properties for parts lists, and data capture for the BOM.

  1. Component
  2. Parts List
  3. List of properties
  4. Add new
  5. Add pre-defined
  6. Restore defaults

Component

Contains a list of component properties that are visible in Part Reference. More properties can be selected by pressing the Ctrl / Shift key.

Above this list there are delete, move up and move down icons, which are available only when a row is selected or the selected row(s) can be moved up or down.

Visibility
Toggles the visibility of the property.
Property
Displays the name of a component property. This unique name is the one by which a BOM column is referred to in formulas.
Caption
Defines the column header to be displayed for this property in a BOM table or parts list.
Display prompt
Displays the chosen column header to be displayed for this property in a BOM table or parts list.
Data type

Defines the data type for the property (Numeric or Text)

Value

Defines the default value for the property.

Precision
Defines the precision for the property.

Parts List

Contains a list of Parts list properties that are visible in Parts Lists, by default.

In addition to Component properties settings, the following properties are available:

Caption Align
Defines the column header position in the cell.
Value Align
Defines the value position in the cell.
Width
Defines the width of the cell.

Add new

Adds new component properties as columns to BOM. Opens Add New Component Properties dialog box:

Add pre-defined

Adds new pre-defined component properties columns to BOM. Opens Add Pre-Defined Component Properties dialog box:

Restore defaults

Resets all settings to the default value for the current drafting standard.