Sounds like the right way to do it but I'm not an Excel expert. I may do a LabVIEW program to do it.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Parr Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 4:16 p.m. To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] How combine Bill o Materials from two PCB's on 99SE Hi Paul, How about.... 1 Generate BOM output using csv or spreadsheet option/s for each PCB. 2 Export both output files (if u use .DDB container mode). 3 Import BOM's into EXCEL. 4 Use spreadsheet tools (macro record or VB scripted auto becomes option) to sort and concatenate BOM's with appropriate qty groupings etc - whatever you need to do. Regards, Jim Parr Paul Gaastra wrote: >Does anyone know how to combine the Bill of Materials to give the order >totals for two PCB's? > > >My solution was to put the two schematics in a project. Re annotate the >second PCB with component designators starting at 1000 and get the >single BOM. > > >Not a good solution because now I've messed up the component >designators. > > >Thanks > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ > >The contents of this e-mail are privileged and/or confidential to the >named recipient and are not to be used by any other person and/or >organisation. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify > >the sender and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. >______________________________________________________ > >____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ The contents of this e-mail are privileged and/or confidential to the named recipient and are not to be used by any other person and/or organisation. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
