HEADS UP: User Experience Improvement – Seamless Catalog Data Editing in BOMs
Editing data is hard, especially when it comes to complex data entry in Bill of Materials. That’s the reason why most PLM systems are very hard to operate. You need to make many clicks to perform some actions. No surprise why many in many companies, engineers, manufacturing planners, procurement managers, and many others are still…
PREVIEW: Unlimited Rollups
Happy message to everyone who is using calculations and rollups in OpenBOM. Actually, who doesn’t? If you’re new to OpenBOM, check our online documentation for formulas and rollups. The way OpenBOM calculation works is that you can apply formulas to specific columns (or cells), so they will perform as calculated fields. For example, Calculated Cost…
EARLY PREVIEW: Conditional Rollup in Formulas
I’m super excited to share some news about the coming new OpenBOM release, which will include new options to stop rollup calculations based on a specific custom condition. Feel confused? Let me explain it from the beginning… Think about a multi-level assembly, which uses some sub-assembly you plan to purchase from the external contractors. A…
Preview: Autodesk Fusion 360 purchased assemblies and exclude from BOM options
A few weeks ago we announced support for Autodesk Fusion360 native table features. If you missed my earlier blog, please check it here - OpenBOM Native Drawing Support For Fusion360. And today, I’m coming again with a piece of early information about new features in OpenBOM for Autodesk Fusion 360. We’ve been working with many…
Preview – OpenBOM integrated file storage
I want to give you a very first preview of the OpenBOM integrated storage function. We’ve been around the decision to provide OpenBOM storage for quite some time. OpenBOM integrates with any cloud storage system out of the box (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, etc.). While it is no brainer decision to connect to one…
BOM for Solidworks – How to Manage Purchased Assemblies
How often you use Solidworks and have a situation where you model assemblies but later buy them as “purchased assembled” (bearings, pumps, etc). On average 70% of parts and assemblies in the product you manufacturing are either outsourced or purchased. Purchased and outsourced assemblies can be great to optimize cost and work optimization, but it…
Heads up: New Solidworks Add-in Settings and Data Model
Happy New Year! We are starting 2020 on the right foot by introducing an improved Solidworks add-in data model and user experience. Historically, OpenBOM Solidworks Add-in was using File Name as an identifier of objects in Bill of Materials created from Solidworks. The strong feedback from customers and our own learning watching some of the…
OpenBOM: Looking back in 2019
A new year is an opportunity to look back and check what we’ve done, what is our purpose and what we would like to achieve next. You need to step back to see what you did because in day to day craziness, we often forget the things we accomplished. The slowdown Holiday season is a…