You can export all of the parts data from a bill of materials, regardless of the settings or active filters, that is, all of the parts and all of the data fields are output.
Precondition:
You have opened a project.
- Select the following menu items: Project data > Parts / Devices > Bill of materials navigator
- In the Bill of materials - <Project name> dialog, select the Export popup menu item.
- In the Export bill of materials dialog, select the drive and directory defining where the export file should be generated from the Save in drop-down list.
- In the File name field, enter the name for the export file to be generated.
- Select one of the entries defining the format for the export file to be generated, from the Save as type drop-down list.
- Click [Save].
The bill of materials is exported to the specified directory under the specified name.
Data exported in this manner can then be edited and re-imported. However, only certain fields from the export file are written back during importing. An overview of the fields is provided in the section "Bills of Materials: Export File Fields".
Please note that export and import can only be carried out within the same project.