I have Microsoft Works instead of Microsoft Excel.
Can I generate a BOM in my Solidworks drawing with 'Microsoft-Works'?
WV
Question: SW and BOM's
Dec 06, 2005
8 Replies
If you can afford Solidworks, why don't you have Excel?
Excel is required.
As usual, the moronic smart-asses seep from the cracks.
Believe it or else, my new laptop did not come with Office(Word, Excel)
A trip to Best Buy tomorrow will fix that, no go away.
Thank you TOP, that all I needed to know.
Cheers.
Excel is not required to generate BOMs for drawings ( at least in
2005/6). Excel is only be needed if you tie the bom data to an external file. If the bom is only for internal sw use, excel is not needed. Insert-annotations-tables-bill of materials.
However, Excel is still required for Design Tables.
The question was about BOM's. Not Design Tables.
"As usual, the moronic smart-asses seep from the cracks." These are o
all forums, so you'll have to get used to them
Be careful who you call a moron, smart-ass. You might end up being considered a moron yourself. Excel is NOT required for SolidWorks' own native BOMs which first were introduced with SolidWorks 2005, but that doesn't mean that Excel isn't required to make proper use of SolidWorks' capabilities.
Mark 'Sporky' Staplet>
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