Best use of BOM?

matterama over 17 years ago

Hi all,

I was hoping it would be obvious (and maybe it will be after you suggest

it), but I was hoping in Eagle 5.0 that there would be an easy field (like

the new attribute) where I could enter a part number (like a Digikey number)

that gets picked up by a BOM script. I don't want to have a disconnect

outside of the schematic for keeping track of part numbers.

Can anyone suggest how to do this, or if they have a good way of doing BOM's

as the design progresses instead of at the end?

Thanks,

Matt

autodeskguest over 17 years ago

Try this: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/userfiles/ulp/bom_with_attributes.zip
This zip-file contains an ulp with uses the attributes to generate a
sophisticated bom.

Carsten

"Matt" <matthew.ryan@ryanmechatronics.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I was hoping it would be obvious (and maybe it will be after you suggest
it), but I was hoping in Eagle 5.0 that there would be an easy field (like
the new attribute) where I could enter a part number (like a Digikey
number) that gets picked up by a BOM script. I don't want to have a
disconnect outside of the schematic for keeping track of part numbers.

Can anyone suggest how to do this, or if they have a good way of doing
BOM's as the design progresses instead of at the end?

Thanks,
Matt
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matterama over 17 years ago

Perfect. Thanks!

"Carsten" <eagle38106@online.de> wrote in message
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Try this: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/userfiles/ulp/bom_with_attributes.zip
This zip-file contains an ulp with uses the attributes to generate a
sophisticated bom.

Carsten

"Matt" <matthew.ryan@ryanmechatronics.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I was hoping it would be obvious (and maybe it will be after you suggest
it), but I was hoping in Eagle 5.0 that there would be an easy field
(like the new attribute) where I could enter a part number (like a
Digikey number) that gets picked up by a BOM script. I don't want to
have a disconnect outside of the schematic for keeping track of part
numbers.

Can anyone suggest how to do this, or if they have a good way of doing
BOM's as the design progresses instead of at the end?

Thanks,
Matt
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autodeskguest over 17 years ago in reply to matterama

Hi Matt, Carsten,

I was wondering if you have found a way to automatically create
"standard" attributes as parts are placed in the schematic. I would like
having attributes like supplier, supplier part number, price on every
part without entering the name each time a part is placed.

I've been using BOM-AM-11 so far and it performs very well. I have a hot
key (ctrl B) set up to call the ULP so it's not too bad to fill out as
you add parts. It would be nice to be able to right click on the part to
add these fields.

Cheers,
Mark

Matt wrote:
Perfect. Thanks!

"Carsten" <eagle38106@online.de> wrote in message
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Try this: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/userfiles/ulp/bom_with_attributes.zip
This zip-file contains an ulp with uses the attributes to generate a
sophisticated bom.

Carsten

"Matt" <matthew.ryan@ryanmechatronics.com> wrote in message
news:g3huvr$ej$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...
Hi all,

I was hoping it would be obvious (and maybe it will be after you suggest
it), but I was hoping in Eagle 5.0 that there would be an easy field
(like the new attribute) where I could enter a part number (like a
Digikey number) that gets picked up by a BOM script. I don't want to
have a disconnect outside of the schematic for keeping track of part
numbers.

Can anyone suggest how to do this, or if they have a good way of doing
BOM's as the design progresses instead of at the end?

Thanks,
Matt
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