File menu

New

Create a new session

Open

Browse for and load a new BOM file.  Engineering Solutions checks for the standard headers Part Name, Part ID, Material, Material ID, and Gauge.

If all are found, details populate the relevant fields in the BOM comparison tool.  If any are missing, you will be prompted to select the heading from the BOM file that corresponds to each standard header.

Show Failed

Display all the invalid records that the tool encounters while reading a BOM file in a table. Only valid records from a BOM file display in the BOM Display Section’s table. Invalid records can be edited to form valid data and can be moved to the BOM Display table.

Save and Export

Save and export the current information shown in the BOM Display section as a new BOM csv file in a user selected location.

Exit

Close the BOM Comparison Tool.

Edit menu

Update Model

Update the model attributes to match the BOM.

Complete BOM

Sometimes the BOM doesn’t contain all of the data you want. If the corresponding model contains the missing data, you can complete the BOM data by querying the database and extracting the data. Use the Complete BOM operation to either complete an existing BOM, or generate a new BOM by querying the model in the current session.

This option opens a new window listing the items to be added to the BOM file.  You can select additional items from a combo box, or type a new header into it and add them, or click an item already in the list and insert the new item just above it.  You may also select items in the list and delete them from the file.  Once you have added or deleted all necessary entries, click Continue to generate the new file.

Check Model

Checks the model against the BOM. This option switches the BOM Display Section to Comparison mode if it is currently in BOM View mode (see below).

View menu

BOM View

Display section displays BOM info as it appears in the BOM file.

Compare View

Categorizes BOM information into four sections:

Same function as File > Open.

Same function as File >Save and Export.

Same function as Edit > Update Model.

Same function as Edit > Complete BOM.

Same function as Edit > Check Model.

Same function as File > Show Failed.