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### Bill of Materials

SISCAD-P supports quantitative, constructional and structural bill of materials. The user either may influence the layout of the bill of materials as well as its content.
Bills of materials are created with the following commands:

After stating a position point the bill of materials becomes part of your construction. The content of the bill of materials is determined by one of the following files:

The files are to be found in the logical directory `$cadstl`. A stl-file is predetermined for each kind of bill of materials in the file siscadp.def. You can modify this default or state another file in the CREATE command.
The terms descending resp. ascending refer to the position of the bill of materials head within the bill of materials. Is the head at the end of the bill of materials it is an ascending bill of materials.
The layout of the bills of materials is determined by the files:

These files are to be found in the directory `$cadstl`, too. These files represent SISCAD-P constructions. I.e. you may create an own layout with the help of SISCAD-P resp. modify an existing one until it meets your requirements.
The output of a bill of materials into a file is done with a macro. These macros are also within the directory `$cadstl`:
m_stl.his
b_stl.his
s_stl.his
You may adapt these macros to your requirements.
For further information about and explanations of this topic please see the help text of the command CREATE BILLOFMATERIAL. Please click the drawing element icon (symbolizes a bill of materials) under the command CREATE BILLOFMATERIAL with the right mouse button.