yishinli/BOM-Export

BOM-Export

This addin allows you to export an open assembly to a CSV file so you can manage or import your parts information into other tools or services.

BOM export is a work in progress and as such is not complete. It does, ghowever, fill an important need in its curent state.

BOM Export supports:

• Flat list of all parts, all levels in the open assembly
• Removal of sub assemblies so as to create a list of all parts only
• Part properties as columns
  • Counts of components: parts and sub assemblies
  • Component display name as show in browser, including option to supress version number for refrenced designs
  • Component Description
  • Components Material. If a components has multiple materials on different bodies, multiple materials will be listed

##Instalation

###Windows

1. Clone it from github, or download it here..

    mkdir -p ~/proj
    cd ~/proj/
    git clone https://github.com/yishinli/BOM-Export.git
   

2. Fusion360->TOOLS->ADD-INs

   

3. Add it to AddIns, and have it Run on startup

   

4. Open your design, Solid -> CREATE -> Create BOM

   

###Mac OS

1. Download the main GIT repo Here.
2. Extract the zip archive to a convient location.
3. Open a finder window and in the menu bar select Go to Folder... Enter "~/Library"
4. Browse to ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Autodesk Fusion 360/API/Addins.
5. Copy the BOM-Export folder you extracted in step 2 into the Addins Folder.
6. Next, Launch Fusion 360
7. In the Addins-Pane on the Toolbar select Scripts and Add-ins... or press Shift + S
   
8. Switch to the Add-Ins Tab. You should see BOM-Export in the list.
9. Select the BOM-Export item in the list and press Run and check Run on startup. This will ensure that the add-in is always available. You should see BOM-Export now has a running spinner.
10. To confirm that the add-in is available. Close the Add in dialog and look at the bottom of the Create-Pane