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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Bill of Materials Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Mold Wizard includes a fully associative Bill of Materials (BOM) with the catalog ordering information. The parts list functionality is in the Drafting application.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Drafting Parts List</div>
      <p class="para_division">The parts list can be directly edited in the top assembly file of the mold assembly. To edit the part list field layout, open the &quot;top&quot; mold assembly file and start the Drafting application. The parts list layout is on drawing sheet SH1.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The parts list layout can be edited by double-clicking on any field name or the plus sign at the origin corner.</p>
      <p class="para_division">All parts that are in the mold assembly are listed in the moldbase parts list. The data is taken from the parts list data specified in the applicable components. However, moldbases, such as the standard (non-interchangeable) moldbases list only the moldbase and not the standard components that are installed in the moldbase by default.</p>
      <div class="title_division">BOM Record Edit</div>
      <div class="title_division">Adding User Defined Components to BOM</div>
      <p class="para_division">The BOM module includes functions to add a user modeled or imported component to the parts list. While in the BOM Record Edit dialog box, select a component to be added from the NX graphics area. If the component is already listed in the BOM list, the item will be highlighted, and is ready for BOM editing. If the component is not in the BOM list, you are prompted to add it to the list. Add that component to the BOM list by clicking the Add to BOM List button and input its values in Key Field Value dialog box.  If no key field values exist, the selected component can't be added to BOM list.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The BOM Record Edit dialog lists record information and the edit record. It contains the following fields and buttons:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">List Window</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The part list information is displayed in the List Window. The first line and the bottom line record field names identify each column meaning.</p>
               <p class="para_td">When you select a record, detailed record information is displayed in the text field, and the corresponding component is highlighted in the NX graphics area. When you select a standard component in the NX graphics area, the corresponding record is highlighted. If the selected component isn't in the records of the current list window, a message box prompts you to add it to the list window.</p>
               <p class="para_td">In every record, between each value field, there is a | (pipe) separator. The value of the field is shown by the proper size. When it's too long, ellipses (...) replace the end characters. When the field name length is longer than 132 characters, some field names are truncated to fit the list window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These fields show detailed information about the record. You can edit the fields displayed except for No, QTY, and Part Name &nbsp;by clicking OK or Apply. &nbsp;The value of QTY and Part Name is assigned by the system.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The Edit Stock Size button is used to measure stock dimensions. When you select this button, the Edit Stock Size dialog is displayed and the component set to display the part.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The Export Excel button exports parts list information to an Excel file.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The Sort button has the same functionality as the NX sort function in Assembly&rarr;Parts List.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The Hide Component button is assigns the &nbsp;PLIST_IGNORE_MEMEBER or PLIST_IGNORE_SUBASSEMBLY attribute to the selected component. If a component has the PLIST_IGNORE_MEMBER attribute, then it will never appear in the BOM list. If it has the PLIST_IGNORE_SUBASSEMBLY attribute, then neither it nor any of its descendents will ever appear in the BOM list. If a component is assigned one of these two attributes, it will be listed in the &nbsp;Hide List window.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The Add to BOM List button is highlighted when a selected component is not in the BOM list. &nbsp;Click Add to BOM List to add or not add the component to the BOM list.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The Component Info button shows the &nbsp;component names of selected record in the BOM list. It may contain one or more component names.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Show Component/Sub-assemblyComponents that you have assigned the PLIST_IGNORE_MEMBER or PLIST_IGNORE_SUBASSEMBLY attributes using the Hide Component button are listed in the Hide List window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Show Component/Sub-assembly removes the &nbsp;PLIST_IGNORE_MEMBER or PLIST_IGNORE_SUBASSEMBLY attributes of the selected component in the Hide List window. After these attributes are removed, the components will be in the BOM List window.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">The Edit Stock Size dialog provides two measuring methods:</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Precision Size gives the accurate dimension of the stock. Round Size gives the rounded dimensions of the accurate dimensions that you can edit. When you click OK, the attribute MW_STOCK_SIZE is assigned.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">NOTE: The axis orientation of cylinder stock size is always is aligned with the Z direction of WCS. The axis orientation of block stock size is always is aligned with the WCS.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Export Excel</div>
      <p class="para_division">The Export Excel button is used to export the record&nbsp;information to a Microsoft Excel file. You can edit the created Microsoft Excel file. When starting Microsoft Excel, pick Start Macro. The created file has all of the functionality of standard Microsoft Excel files including buttons for advanced functions.</p>
      <p class="para_division">You can consolidate duplicate entries and sort in the Microsoft Excel file in the Merge_Catalog tab.</p>
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