Ideas/ suggestions for "freezing" BOM

The BOM updates automatically which is not bad for the first time that
a drawing set is issued. However, when the "as-builds" are updated
there is no guarantee that the BOM will be close to the origional.
This makes it extremely hard to note, verify the changes etc.

I have always liked to place a revision symbol next to the BOM items
that have changed, however if the item numbers are different, the
symbols will be in the wrong place. Even a good detailed revision note
could say something about which item numbers have changed but if the
item numbers are transient this could easily generate errors.

Is there a good way of handling this? Should this be a request to SW
for "freezing" the BOM.

Thanks,

Ed

 

I prefer to have the BOM follow the assy order, thereby not changing as
easily. I also believe you can tell it to not change the item numbers, but
I haven't used that.

WT

 

in drawing,
tools>options>document properties>detailing>Bill of Materials>Uncheck Auto
Update