eBOM Tree

Overview

The eBOM, which is the engineering Bill of Materials is the BOM generated by the product design team. This information is usually imported in to the system from external systems like CAD, PDM or ERP systems.

Figure 1:  eBOM Tree

The eBOM tree is made available by clicking on the “eBOM” Tab of the container application. After selecting the "eBOM" tab, the right side of the screen changes. It contains tabs for the different modules which are located on the top. The following modules work around the eBOM tree:

User Interface - eBOM tree

A pop-up menu appears when the user clicks the right button on their mouse (referred to as "right-clicking") on top of an End Item. The menu options in the pop-up menu change if the End Item is locked.

Figure 2:  eBOM Menu-End Item

Please refer to Adding End Items and Adding Components for explanation on each command.

Figure 3:  eBOM Menu-Components

The user will be allowed to Load an existing or a new End Item. The user must follow the rules given under "eBOM Authoring / Tree Maintenance" while loading an existing/new End Item.

After End Items are loaded onto the eBOM tree, by default the first End Item is selected when the user clicks on the "eBOM" tab. The following modules appear on the right side of the screen for every End Item selected. These modules also appear for the following components under an End Item: Assemblies, Manufactured Item, Purchased Items and Raw Materials. Note: the eBOM does not support Features. You can click on the following modules and learn more about them.