To Merge and Stack BOM Balloons
You can show quantity balloons or simple balloons as one balloon showing the total instances of the component in the quantity portion, or as one balloon for each instance of a component. See examples below-
To merge balloons, (for example, to go from the example on the left to the one on the right)
1. On the
Table tab, click
Merge Balloons. You are prompted to select a balloon to be merged.
2. Select the balloon. You can select a quantity balloon or a custom quantity balloon. You are prompted to select a balloon to be merged into.
3. Select the "host" balloon. The first balloon is removed and the quantity of the host balloon is increased by one.
The merge command is still active and you can repeat the process. Click OK in the Select dialog box to end the merge.
To reverse the process, select one of the components without a balloon, right-click, and selct
Create BOM Balloon on the shortcut menu. If necessary, you are prompted for the number you want in the quantity value. You can also click the
Split Balloons on the
Table tab to create new balloons from merged balloons.
To Stack BOM Balloons
Click
Merge Balloons to stack quantity, custom, or simple balloons with different index numbers. If the index numbers are different, the balloons are adjoined horizontally. Click
Detach Balloons to separate the stacked balloons.
To Redistribute Quantity Among BOM Balloons
1. On the
Table tab, click
Redistribute Quantity 2. Select a BOM balloon with a quantity greater than 1. If there are multiple possibilities for redistributing the quantity, you are prompted to perform step 4. Otherwise, you are prompted to select the "target" balloon.
3. Type the quantity that you want to subtract from this balloon and add to another balloon for the same model.
4. Select the balloon to which you want to add the quantity. The quantities of the balloons change accordingly.
