Windchill Basic eBOM Management

This training course is primarily aimed at individuals who are responsible for creating, managing and maintaining the engineering definition and structure of a product within Windchill.

Description

Learn to effectively manage Engineering Bills of Materials (eBOMs) in Windchill. This training covers the eBOM process, creation, structure modification, data management, and BOM reporting and exporting. This course equips you with the essential skills to accurately manage product structure information in Windchill.

Prerequisite: Windchill Intro Training & Windchill Business Administration

Agenda

Module 1 - eBOM Process Overview

Gain an understanding of the eBOM creation process - Understand Product Structures - Describe the different approaches adopted for developing eBOMs - Identify the key features and functionality within the Windchill Product Structure Browser

Module 2 - Creating eBOMs

Understand the four different methods used to create an eBOM - Load an eBOM from Spreadsheet - Create an eBOM from a CAD Structure - Manually create an eBOM within the Product Structure Browser - Use the Windchill save as to create an eBOM

Module 3 - Modifying Structures

Understand the three methods used to modify an eBOM - Modify an eBOM structure via actions in the CAD Tool - Use the Product Structure Browser to modify an eBOM - Load a spreadsheet to modify an eBOM

Module 4 - Managing eBOM Data

Input Part attributes and Usage attributes - Associate Documents to a Product Structure - Understand Part to Document association types - Understand and create Baselines

Module 5 - BOM Reporting & Exporting

Understand how to compare structures - Run & export BOM Reports - Export a BOM for use with a downstream system