Sneak Peek: BOM User Experience – Assembly Description and Preview

Oleg Shilovitsky
Oleg Shilovitsky
16 April, 2021 | 1 min for reading
Sneak Peek: BOM User Experience – Assembly Description and Preview

I wanted to take a minute and share a quick update and a preview of the new feature coming in OpenBOM. 

Soon you will be able to get access to top-level BOM images and catalog property directly from the BOM. This feature rocks and I personally love it!

In a nutshell, you can get a list of catalog properties and decide which one to present in the BOM. 

The result is here. 

The video is here. 

Conclusion

Small usability features matter when it comes to streamlining your processes and we are working hard to stay up to speed with our users and customers, listening to them and bringing new features and improvements to the system. 

The small feature to show an image and custom property of an assembly from the catalog is a big deal as it will simplify life for many users. 

The feature was in high demand and I’m happy we finally made it happen. The feature will be available in the next production update.  In the meantime, you can have a preview. 

Best, Oleg

Related Posts

Also on OpenBOM

4 6
10 March, 2026

Yesterday I wrote about the five hard problems engineering and manufacturing teams still face in 2026—from design data trapped in...

9 March, 2026

Engineering and manufacturing organizations are entering a new era of complexity. Products that used to be mostly mechanical now combine...

6 March, 2026

I’m excited to share what our team was working on recently and the updates we released in OpenBOM earlier this...

6 March, 2026

Modern products are no longer just mechanical. A smart appliance, an industrial machine, or an electric vehicle all combine mechanical...

5 March, 2026

In OpenBOM, Items are the starting point for building product structures. One Item can be used in several types of...

4 March, 2026

Managing procurement directly from engineering data is one of the powerful capabilities of OpenBOM. By connecting BOMs, inventory, and purchasing,...

3 March, 2026

A quick heads up on a user experience improvement for orders and PO / RFQ visibility in the dashboard.  If...

26 February, 2026

A change is not an ECO button, it is a connected process. Change management in engineering rarely starts with a...

25 February, 2026

For a long time, managing products meant managing mechanical structures. Assemblies, subassemblies, parts, revisions — the Bill of Materials was...

To the top