New BOM Viewer in Altium 365

The ActiveBOM is a powerful Altium Designer tool that provides real-time insight into the parts you need for your designs. It supports “early and often” monitoring to prevent manufacturing delays and setbacks.

The increase in the adoption of ActiveBOM among our users in recent years shows that it is an excellent solution for solving supply chain issues. ActiveBOM enabled users to react rapidly to market changes, compete on time to market, satisfy demand quickly, and eliminate stock-outs.

The new Bill of Material (BOM) Viewer available in Altium 365 is a rich yet streamlined interface synchronized with Altium Designer's ActiveBOM. You can analyze BOM checks, view the components' parameters, check the component lifecycle, and create a customized BOM view relevant to you. Since BOM Viewer is accessible via the web browser, it can be easily shared with other teams (e.g., procurement) without requiring them to license and install Altium Designer.

The Properties panel is now updated to display the Parts Choices List (PCL) properties, allowing you to search, add, or remove company-ratified design components for a specified component item.

Column Visibility

Enable the table's column visibility toggle so users can hide or show table columns simultaneously. The default column visibility is synchronized with the ActiveBOM in the Altium Designer. Custom BOM rows, columns, and aliases are also supported (ActiveBOM required).

BOM Checks

This field actively checks the validity of the current data, which is illustrated through status icons. It also specifies the severity level associated with the violation check. The list of violations is managed in the ActiveBOM document. The icon is displayed in the last column of the BOM.

The search tool allows you to retrieve specific words. For example, you may want to find every capacitor or 0402 SMT size in the BOM.Search Tool

Cross Probe

Click the designator of any component to show where the component is located within the PCB in the schematics.

Part Choice List (PCL)

You can access the complete Part Choices List (PCL) with the new BOM view. The PCL defines the manufacturer parts; the suppliers are detected via the Altium Parts Provider in real-time.

The previous version of the details panel shared limited aspects of the component's information. In this new version, you can see the complete PCL, which means you can visualize the statuses of the models in the project (out of date/up to date) and have the ability to click and go straight to the manufacturer datasheet.

In addition to the described commands, you can copy any data from the component panel.

Visible for Work in Progress and Releases on Altium 365 Web Viewer

The BOM is available through the Releases and the Work In Progress interfaces in the Altium 365 Web Viewer, allowing you to view the feature from anywhere, simply accessing data through any standard web browser.