If you’re a longtime citizen of engineering and manufacturing communities, you probably heard people saying that if you have 2 engineers, you might have 3 opinions about how to do something. It is especially true when it comes to discussions about how to organize and manage data. At OpenBOM, we knew from a very early…
One of the questions I’m getting from users is how to create a link from OpenBOM to other sources of information. Engineering information is very much intertwined and to have connections between files storages, online catalogs, and other data sources is a very typical situation. OpenBOM gives you a universal way to connect with External…
Another cool new feature coming soon in OpenBOM. Many of you asked us how to transform your existing BOM spreadsheets into nested structure Bill of Materials. For many companies, the structure like I show on the image before is a very typical way to store and manage Bill of Materials. How to transform this flat…
When it comes to Bill of Materials, calculations is one of the most important things. Think about BOM as a recipe of what you need to do. How many materials and parts you need to buy and what do you need to order. A simple way to organize calculations in OpenBOM is to create a…
Cloud software is evolving with new features and functions. As such Onshape was evolving and introduced new user experience. Which made me think it is a good time to share an updated workflow of how to integrate OpenBOM Bill of Materials with Onshape Drawings. Before giving you step-by-step instruction on how to do so, some…
Bill of Materials is a lifeblood of your manufacturing business. It defines all components and assemblies you need to have to produce a product. To make it happen, the lifeblood needs to flow between places and people in your product development business process. Even if you’re a small manufacturing company or hardware team working on…
User experience is one of the things companies are thinking more these days. At OpenBOM we are thinking about how to help people exploring what OpenBOM can do in the fastest and efficient way. Video is a great source of information. Since very early days of OpenBOM we developed tons of videos to demonstrate how…
We are expanding property types in OpenBOM. If you missed an earlier article, check this out – we are adding Currency property. One more coming enhancement in OpenBOM is Date property. The mechanism to add property is the same. You need to choose “Date” type. And as you do, the date property will be added.…
I have to admit – this is one of the long-awaited enhancements of OpenBOM. But later is better than never. New property types are coming to OpenBOM – currency and date. In this article, I will give you a quick preview of the Currency property type. The mechanism of Adding property is the same. However,…
Any BOM or Catalog in OpenBOM can easily be shared by clicking the “Share” button with anyone with an OpenBOM account using their email. So, sharing is fast and easy. But the act of sharing a BOM requires one to actually do so. Although you can register to openBoM and use it for free, there…