Generate a Fiber Internal BOM Report
- From the BOM section of the Fiber Tab Bentley Fiber menu, select the Internal BOM icon to display the following options:
- Choose a method for
selecting the features to include in the BOM report--By Fence, By Shape, Local,
or Global.
- By Fence: Prompts the user to place points to create a fence. Clicking the reset button after placing points closes the fence.
- By Shape: A prompt to identify an element displays. For this command to be properly completed, the element being selected must be a polygon.
- Local: Internal BOM on all features queried into the active file.
- Global: Internal BOM report on all fiber features in the project.
- After choosing one of the four methods, the Internal Report dialog box displays:
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Click the Select button for the FiberCopperBOM template location—in Windows Explorer drill to your customized template or to the sample Template location if using Commstownspatial:
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Communications 2023\OpenCommsDesigner\SampleData\Communications Spatial\WorkSets folder by default.
- Highlight the template file and click Open.
- Select and enter the destination filename and location for the InternalBOM report and click Save.
- Check the Open this report when finished (if desired).
- Click Process to start the BOM creation.
- When finished, the Customized or Commstownspatial sample InternalBOM report will display: