The component will be taken into account for the BOM according to the part material.

The value can be ''Equal to'' or ''Different from''.

The material is selected from the drop-down list showing all the materials contained in the ''sldmat'' files defined by the search paths in the SOLIDWORKS general options (Options / File locations / Material databases).


 


The material name must follow this syntax: File name base:category:material because the same material name can be present in several databases.

Example If the material name is ''Galvanized steel(taken from the Steel category in the Custom Materials.sldmat file) for the specified configuration ''.Validated'', then the operation is applied.