Configure the display of the reference designator value for a structure element

You can configure the display of the reference designator property and validate its format and value.

Procedure

Use the following preferences:

To do this	Set the value to the preference
To unpack the product structure lines that include reference designators.	By default, the BOM_Enable_Ref_Designator_Value_Packing preference is set to True. For example, eight BOM lines with the reference designators C1, C5, C6, C7, C10, C14, C15, C16 will be packed to one BOM line with the reference designator property C1, C5-7, C10, C14-16. To unpack the product structure lines that include reference designators, set it to false.
In packed mode, view the values in a range in the Reference Designator field.	Set the Range value to the BOMRefDesignatorPackMode preference. For example, C1-C5.
In packed mode, view the concatenated values in the Reference Designator field.	Set the Concatenate value to the BOMRefDesignatorPackMode preference. For example, C1,C2,C3,C4,C5.
Set the separator for the Reference Designator values in concatenate mode.	Set the , (comma) value to the BOMRefDesignatorPackSeparator preference to see them comma separated.
Validate whether the format and uniqueness of the reference designator values must be checked while summarizing.	Set the PS_Reference_Designator_Validation preference to true to validate the format and uniqueness of the reference generator values. For example, the format can be one or more uppercase letters followed by integer numbers like C7 or C18. The preference also checks if the values of reference generator are unique.
Validate whether the values of the reference designator are to be verified with the structure element quantity.	Set the BOM_Enable_Quantity_Validation_Against_Ref_Designator preference to true, so that the quantity of the structure element is checked against the number of reference designator values. For example, if there are four capacitors, the reference designator property must also contain 4 values.