Bill of Materials from QCAD

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Duncan
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Bill of Materials from QCAD

Post by Duncan » Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:23 am

Hello again,

I'm looking for some advice on how (and if) one can produce a bill of materials from a QCAD drawing.

I should state that I'm entirely self taught with Andrew's QCAD book, and may be out of my depth... But it would save a lot of processes from design to production.

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Re: Bill of Materials from QCAD

Post by Husky » Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:46 am

Hello,

right now there is no such a function in QCAD which will create a "Bill of Material" for you.

Nevertheless - QCAD comes with a script called "Export Blocklist" which will produce a *.csv text file which could be used to create (with the help of MS-Excel or a similar program) a Bill of Material.
The script "Export Blocklist" will list and count all existing blocks and how many times the blocks are used in your drawing.

Check it out below Menu / Misc / Block
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Re: Bill of Materials from QCAD

Post by Duncan » Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:59 pm

Thanks Husky,

So I can either use existing blocks, or "create block from selection" to have it added to the exported list?

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