[sdiy] easy way to make a BOM from a parts list file?

[tu at alphalink.com.au]

What schematic capture program are you using? There will probably be an option to generate the 
BOM automatically from the schematic..

/Tristan

On Sat, Dec 19th, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> ok, first.,I know I could just refer to the schematics and COUNT by
> hand all the parts i need to populate a board.
> 
> but lets say you have the board designs, and they are all done and
> you need to generate a CLEAR ordering list(4x 100k resistor, 2x .01uf
> caps, etc) .for manufacturing, kitting, etc, is there a dead simple
> way to generate a BOM from a partslist file (.prt such as OSMOND
> outputs)?
> 
> like a script that can just pull out all the parts that are in
> parentheses, total them up, look for the same values that get
> repeated, and put out a BOM document that  I can give to a
> manufacturing house?
> 
> or is this something that always just has to be done by hand?
> 
> thanks so much
> 
> (sitting here trying to count up all the parts i need to populate a
> bunch of boards tomorrow)
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