PREVIEW: Onshape Categories Support
OpenBOM supports a very powerful and flexible way to manage data in OpenBOM catalogs. In a nutshell, OpenBOM catalogs are a way to store the data about any item and define a specific set of attributes for each item. In such a way you can create a set of catalogs for different types of information…
PREVIEW NEW OpenBOM Add-in for Fusion360 functions – Update CAD properties
Soon, OpenBOM Add-in for Autodesk Fusion360 will be able to update data upstream in Fusion360 H1 To eliminate non-value user tasks is the number one priority when it comes To eliminate non-value user tasks is the number one priority when it comes to data exchange workflows. It is extremely important in all data handover tasks.…
OpenBOM – How to rethink BOM for CAD Users?
The history of CAD system development counts decades of work done by many vendors. The generation of CAD system development made huge improvements in how engineering work can be done. Data management was for a long time an Achilles heel in CAD systems. Recent cloud CAD improvements took CAD systems to the next level -…
VIDEO: Why OpenBOM? Learn 5 things about how OpenBOM can help you
In this video, I talk about what is OpenBOM and how OpenBOM can help you to stop using Excel and Spreadsheets to manage Bill of Materials in your company. In many ways, OpenBOM is different from old on-premise PLM systems, and many cloud PLM tools available on the market today. Here are the key points…
Early preview: OpenBOM “one-click” CAD integrations
I’m very excited today to introduce you to the next level of CAD integrations we developed at OpenBOM. The code name “one-click” and the goal of this integration to simplify even future the process of configuration, settings, and data extraction. OpenBOM manages a sophisticated data model for engineering and bill of materials data. Check out…
VIDEO BLOG: Seamless CAD integrations and new OpenBOM features for Autodesk Fusion 360
In my video today, I want to talk about CAD integrations and OpenBOM. The importance of seamless integrations between CAD and BOM management environments such as OpenBOM is hard to underestimate. Because of the moment of time, you will start using it, you will save tons of time. You can think, BOM is not a…
Video: Bill of Materials And Purchasing
In this video, I talk about the Bill of Materials and Purchasing. For many companies a purchasing process is a messy combination of Excels extracted from the CAD system, manually created purchase orders and information about vendors. OpenBOM Design to Purchase process helps you to organize information about the Bill of Materials, Vendors, Cost, and…
Video blog #16: OpenBOM Story – How to stop using spreadsheets to manage product data
In this video, I share a story about how OpenBOM helps engineers and manufacturing companies to stop using spreadsheets to manage product data, bill of materials, calculations, and purchasing. This is a visualization of the OpenBOM engineering story you can read here. Here are a few things you will learn from this video: 1- OpenBOM…