Why to use Allegro System Capture – Generating BOM for a specific page

BOM or Bill of Materials is a report generally used to place an order for the required components used in the design.

While working on a design, there may be a scenario when you need BOM for a specific page.

Let us know by commenting below in what situations a page-specific BOM can be useful. Your comments will help readers understand the general practices being followed in the industry.

In System Capture, to generate BOM for a specific page, do the following:

• Choose Components in the Selection Filter section.

• Select all components on a page by pressing Ctrl+A.
• Add a common property to all components from the Properties pane, for example, PAGE_NUM=2.

• Open Live BOM and add the PAGE_NUM property header in the Configure Properties section.

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