A BOM that comes from the model, not a spreadsheet.

CADABRA builds the bill of materials from the actual assembly structure, applies your column set and naming rules, and balloons the drawing to match.

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The BOM drifts because it is maintained twice.

In most shops the assembly is the truth and the BOM is a copy of it, kept in a spreadsheet or retyped into a drawing table. The moment a component is swapped, the two disagree.

The structure is read at generation time, so the table matches the assembly it came from, and the balloons on the sheet match the table.

What it produces.

Your columns, your ordering, your names.

Part number, description, material, finish, quantity, vendor, whatever your template carries, populated from the model’s custom properties rather than typed.

  • Column set and ordering from your drawing standard.
  • Naming conventions applied consistently.
  • Custom properties read from the file itself.

Balloons that agree with the table.

Item numbers are shared between the BOM and the balloons on the drawing, so nobody has to reconcile them by eye before release.

  • Balloons placed on the assembly views.
  • Item numbers consistent across sheets.
  • Regenerated together when the assembly changes.

Fasteners carry their Toolbox identity.

Fasteners CADABRA inserts come from SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, so they arrive in the BOM as the standard part your seat is configured with rather than as a modelled lookalike with no part number.

  • Toolbox part identity preserved into the table.
  • Quantities derived from the assembly, not counted by hand.

Asking for it.

Insert the BOM and balloon this sheet
Builds the table in your column format and balloons the views to match the item numbers.
Export the BOM for this assembly as a spreadsheet
Writes the same table out for purchasing, with the identifiers already resolved.
Which components in this assembly have no part number set?
Reads the custom properties across the assembly and lists the components that would land in the BOM without an identifier.

BOM generation, answered.

Can CADABRA generate a BOM from a SOLIDWORKS assembly?
BOMs, yes. Drawings Mode builds the bill of materials from the assembly structure and balloons the sheet to match it, using the column set and naming conventions in your drawing standard. There is no RFQ packaging feature; that is something teams still assemble from the drawings and BOM themselves.
Can it generate drawings for every part in an assembly at once?
Yes. Batch generation runs the whole assembly in a single pass, producing one sheet per unique component plus the assembly drawing, each on your title block with the scale chosen from the geometry.
Will the drawings follow our company standards?
Yes, once you have set a standard up. You upload drawings you have already released and CADABRA extracts your title block fields, projection angle, units, text height and standing notes from them. That standard is then applied to every drawing it generates.
Can it find the right component instead of me modelling one?
For fasteners, yes: CADABRA inserts them from SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, so you get the standard part your seat is already configured with rather than a modelled lookalike. It can also insert and mirror components you point it at. For anything else, Ask Mode can search the web for supplier and specification data, but nothing places a catalog part into your assembly for you.

Bring an assembly.

We will generate the BOM and the ballooned sheet on your template in 20 minutes.

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