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

[Justin Owen]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Snazelle [subjectivity at hotmail.com]

> 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?

I've never used Osmond - but lots of those sort of 'output' files (i.e. net list, parts list, etc.) will open in a decent text editor or spreadsheet app. From there you can take to it with 'find & replace' or 'sort'.

Eagle will output a BOM - but I still use Excel to sort that into an order that suits me.

HTH.

Justin