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Create a BOM

If you know each component price, you can place that into the Parts, (Description) by right clicking > properties. If you have duplicate parts such as fasteners it should populate all of them.

Then when you are done with this step, you can output a BOM by going into the Analyze > Bill of Material tab.

You will get a window as shown to the left, the top portion will show you what will be displayed in your BOM. If you don't see what you want, you can configure it by clicking on Define Formats.

It brings up the window to the right, and you are able to move the Hidden Properties by clicking on them and moving them to the Displayed Properties. (follow numbered steps below)

When you are done formatting, select Save As..., make sure in your Save Dialog window, you change the format from txt. for .xls.

When you open your Excel workbook, it should look like this.

Then you can sum up your cost from here! At least this is the only way I know how to easily do it while also giving you some other useful information.

Sorry, everyone. Because my email did not receive the notification, I did not know that you have texted this topic. So now I can answer. Thank you very much for your interest and thank you very much, Cameron Carl Brown. I will learn and practice it now. 

Hi Henry V. If you want to learn about the surface in catia. The first you learn the basics first, then what design do you know need by to learn later on (you can refer to the help in catia part surface or some videos on youtube ) that will be easier to understand than here . especially practice doing many exercises. Slowly learn to master in part and each form you want. good luck for you.

Sorry, Carl Brown, your answer is just a DYI work-around-method. In a professional way you use “Define other properties” to create several additional fields like “Cost raw material”, “Cost drilling per hole”, “Cost cutting”, Cost painting”, “Cost assembly”, and more, depending on the kind of part, function, industry....And all this detail information must be filled in and kept up-to-date during the design process. If you than extract a BOM into excel with this information, than you will have part of the cost of a product. Additional cost may be documentation, certification, shipping, after-sales, quarantine, extra labor....

Hi Tom Mai, for sharing your opinion, I have just learned that we may have to take another course in accounting, cost accounting and production costs to gain a deeper understanding of how to calculate costs for each specific product. If you have more than a good idea for discussed. you can share for everyone knows. Thank you!

I agree, thanks for pointing that out. He should be able to use the same directions as mentioned, but use that Define other Properties instead so he is able to add those other costs accordingly.

@cameron.carl.brown-1 :  Have you found a way to modify a CATIA Bill of Material or create and save a new format for a CATIA Bill of Material?

I can fully agree with Tom Mai post here.

Please find on picture below tip for easier edit of Properties via Parameters in specification tree. Ofc, you need to make this on your "start part" (template) and use it later with File/New From for all of your CATParts in project.

Regards,

Slavisa