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This article is a guest post by Jim Lucas
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So- in this question, you are asked to sort the BOM by Part #. If you are a cheater (like me) this question may cause you some consternation. You may not know how part #s are sorted (especially when they add those dashes in). This makes the manual method very difficult.
On this- go ahead and do it the right way… right click on the table (I usually click in the blue border) and hit “Sort”. Hopefully you can figure it out from there.
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Right click on the table to bring up the selection menu |
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Choose Sort from the selection |
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Voila – A quick solve to question 5 |
Jim is a CSWP and on the road to getting his CSWE. He works for HawkRidge Systems, an authorized reseller of SolidWorks. Jim also runs i-elf, a product development consulting company. He can be reached at Jim.Lucas@i-elf.com.