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BOM and part details

Import a BOM once and every part on the schematic knows its MPN, value, package and datasheet.

On this pageImport a BOMRead the import reportSee a part's detailsView, download, replace or remove the BOM

Import a BOM

  1. Open the schematic it belongs to, then the schematic menu, and choose Upload BOM….
  2. Choose (or drop) the BOM file: Excel (.xlsx, .xls) or CSV, up to 20 MB.
  3. Check the preview: Cirkit picks the column that holds designators (marked looks like designators). Choose another if it guessed wrong.
  4. Click Store BOM. Cirkit finds each designator on the schematic and attaches that row to the part.
Tip
  • A row listing several designators ("R1, R2, R5" or "R1-R4") is attached to each of them.

Read the import report

  1. After importing, the report shows how many BOM rows matched a designator on the schematic.
  2. It lists designators that are in the BOM but not on any page, and parts that appear more than once.
  3. Open it again later from the schematic menu: Import report.

See a part's details

  1. With Select on, hover over a designator on the schematic: a card shows its BOM row.
  2. Click it to open everything in the annotation panel: MPN, manufacturer, value, package, the team's note and its datasheet. To open its datasheet straight away, hold Ctrl (⌘ on Mac) while you click.
  3. The Parts tab of the annotation panel lists every part; type in the search box to find one by designator, value or MPN.

View, download, replace or remove the BOM

  1. Open the schematic menu: under BOM, choose View BOM to see the whole table, or Download BOM for the original file.
  2. To import a newer version, choose Replace BOM… and follow the same steps.
  3. Remove BOM… takes the BOM data off the parts (your own notes stay).
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