We use MatrixOne to manage BOM's. It can output to Excel a multi-level spreadsheet, with all the parts in the assy, with level numbers. I've written an Excel macro which takes this file and draws text boxes, filled with the part number and part description. It then draws a line between the...
I agree with wgchere. we had the same problem withour PDM system. We fill the custom properties in the part/assy (eg part number), and this needs to get into the PDM system, via the drawing. We paid someone to do a Solidworks add-in. It just copies the data from the part to the drawing whenever...
