4.7. Bill of Material tool

4.7. Bill of Material tool

The icon BOM icon gives access to the bill of materials (BOM) generator. This menu allows the generation of a file listing of the components and/or hierarchical connections (global labels).

BOM dialog

Eeschema’s BOM generator makes use of external plugins, generally in XSLT or Python form. Some are provided, and will be installed inside the KiCad program files directory.

A useful set of component properties to use for a BOM are:

  • Value - unique name for each part used.
  • Footprint - either manually entered or back-annotated (see below).
  • Field1 - Manufacturer’s name.
  • Field2 - Manufacturer’s Part Number.
  • Field3 - Distributor’s Part Number.

For example:

Component Properties dialog