Writing a Bill of Materials File

Writing a Bill of Materials File

To write a Bill of materials file type a filename into the text box or use the button to choose a file to overwrite. Once you have given a filename the APPLY button will become active and you can write the Bill of Materials.

For each part in the model all the fields given in the standard headers above will be written. In addition 4 extra fields will be written:

• The part mass
• Mass added to the part from assign_mass structures
• Non structural mass added to shell parts (LS 960 and greater only)
• The total mass