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Bill of Materials Groups

In EPLAN it is now possible to group the parts data of a project by specific values and to display these groups in the bill of materials navigator. In order to assign parts of a group for a device, the property Bill of materials group is now available in the Parts tab of the property dialog in the "Part reference data" category. Enter the desired designation for the bill of materials group here.

View in the bill of materials navigator

To display the bill of materials group in the tree view of the bill of materials navigator select the popup menu item View > Bill of materials grouping. The parts data are grouped by their bill of materials group in the Bill of materials grouping view. This means that devices whose assigned parts have the same bill of materials group are combined into a hierarchy level. In the tree of the navigator the icon is displayed for a bill of materials group in this view.

Display and editing of bill of materials groups

You can use the property Bill of materials group in the bill of materials and 3D mounting layout navigators as a filter criterion for the specific display and editing of bills of materials groups and display it as a column in the list view of these navigators.

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