# How to get a BOM (bill of material) in my PDF

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**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80 "2017-09-22T21:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![solocad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@solocad](https://community.tetra4d.com/u/solocad)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80/1 "2017-09-22T21:36:04Z")

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Hello,

I am looking for a way to insert a BOM (bill of material) into my PDF. I have seen some of these before. Do you have a solution that will let me insert a BOM?

Thanks,  
SoloCAD

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**Author:** ![jehronimo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.tetra4d.com/jehronimo/32/42_2.png) [@jehronimo](https://community.tetra4d.com/u/jehronimo)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80/2 "2017-09-25T07:55:27Z")

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Hi,

To doing this, I am using Tetra4D Enrich…I can add Simple BOM or Hierarchical BOM.

Did you try it?

jehronimo

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**Author:** ![solocad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@solocad](https://community.tetra4d.com/u/solocad)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80/3 "2017-09-25T23:39:31Z")

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Hi jehronimo. Thanks for the response. I went to the Enrich page here [Tetra4D Enrich – Create 3D PDFs Without Programming Knowledge](https://tetra4d.com/tetra4d-enrich/) and see that I can get a free trial. Looks like it comes with Acrobat too, which I dont have.

I’ll stop by if I have any more questions. Now time to try creating a spare part catalog.

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**Author:** ![jehronimo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.tetra4d.com/jehronimo/32/42_2.png) [@jehronimo](https://community.tetra4d.com/u/jehronimo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80/4 "2017-09-26T11:53:09Z")

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Hi @solocad ,

I hace just seen they add a [Learning center](https://tetra4d.com/learning/) with a lot of samples and videos on their website, and find this one:

> **[Spare-Part-Catalog\_Engine.pdf](https://tetra4d.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Spare-Part-Catalog_Engine.pdf)**
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> 8.23 MB

Maybe it can help you 😉

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**Author:** ![Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Chen](https://community.tetra4d.com/u/Chen)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://community.tetra4d.com/t/how-to-get-a-bom-bill-of-material-in-my-pdf/80/5 "2018-08-28T03:52:31Z")

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Hello, there is a way for you to add BOM list in 3D PDF.  
You can export the XML file from 3D PDF, and that XML will includes the unique attribute of parts.  
Then you can convert the XML into XLS, and you can expand the BOM LIst in this XLS  
At last, you just copy and paste the XLS into 3D PDF ,and map the unique attributes with 3D parts.

You can get any BOM list which you expect in 3D PDF.

Please try it.