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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A BUILD SET AND BILL OF MATERIALS FROM A MASTER SOURCE MODEL

  • US 20120265654A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2012
  • Published: 10/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for creating a build set and a bill of materials, said system comprising:

  • A bill of materials (BOM) processor comprising;

    a package creator processor creating a package for each computer-aided design (CAD) object, wherein said package includes at least one quantity of materials and at least one BOM rule;

    a user interface configured for execution by the BOM processor for receiving a selection of a section of a build set;

    a package processor collecting said CAD objects from said received section, determining said packages associated with said CAD objects, and determining quantities of materials associated with said packages;

    a rule processor applying said at least one BOM rule to determine said build set materials from the determined quantities of materials;

    a building material processor merging similar of said build set materials to form a material list and associated quantities and removing said build set materials that have a zero value for associated quantities from the formed material list; and

    a BOM creator processor applying a rounding rule associated with said package to said associated quantities, and creating a BOM from the rounded associated quantities and the formed material list.

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