A special process can be set up in the parameterization of Gateway PDM in order to define the conditions for exporting elements in BOMs.

In the following, we use the term "ARTICLES" to indicate a PDM document that is part of the composition of a Document ASSEMBLY.

This processing is based on information contained in one of the attributes of the document ID card. Depending on the value of the attribute, PDM Gateway will be able to apply an export filter, associated with one of the 4 types of items defined below:

  • ARTICLE_YES :
    • The MATERIAL is exported in the BOM.
    • This is the default behavior.
  • ARTICLE_NO:
    • The ARTICLE is not exported in the nomenclature.
    • If this MATERIAL has components (lower-level follow-on documents), none of its components appear in the bill of material.
  • ARTICLE_FANTOME :
    • The ARTICLE is not exported in the nomenclature.
    • If this MATERIAL has components (lower-level follow-on document), these appear in the bill of material, but they go up one level and the respective quantities are recalculated (multiplied by the quantity of theFANTASY_ARTICLE)
  • ARTICLE_UNIT :
    • The ARTICLE is exported in the nomenclature.
    • If this MATERIAL has components, these are not shown in the BOM (not exported).