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Duplicate a Kit BOM and create new sets.

If you want to copy a kit and make a new kit with changes.

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Written by Jon Quinton
Updated over 4 months ago

Export the BOM you want to duplicate

1. Open Kits menu

2. Locate the kit you want to duplicate

3. Click on the BOM section

4. Click the action button

5. Click "Export BOM"

6. This will export and save a JSON file to your downloads

Create New Kit

Tip: The new kit is where you can change the name of the kit

7. Click "Add Kit"

8. Enter details of the NEW kit

9. Click "Add Kit"

10. Find the kit in the list and click on the line to open action panel

11. Click the 'Bill of Material' section

12. Click the action section

13. Click "Import BOM"

14. Select the file you downloaded earlier of the BOM you want to copy. It is a JSON file.

15. The new BOM will now import and populate sections in the new kit your created.

Alert: This import does NOT import images.

16. Check the BOM

Add the images for sections

17. Find the original kit you copied

18. Open The 'BOM'

19. Enter the section of BOM

20. Expand the image

21. Right-click this image as press 'Save As. Name this appropriately

22. Do this for all the sections with images in the original BOM. Make sure you label them appropriately

23. Go back into the NEW kit BOM

24. Click on the section

25. Click "Edit"

26. Upload the Images you just saved from old BOM and save all changes

Add details to Kit

Link to brand

27. Click 'brands' here.

28. Select brand to link to

29. Click "Submit"

Add Manufacturer

30. Click here.

Add a version number

31. Click this text field.

32. Click "Save Changes"

Create / Set NEW sets for the new kit

33. Click 'sets'

34. Click "Add Set"

35. create new SET SERIAL NUMBER

36. Click the "Size" field.

37. Click "Add Set"

Link set to NEW kit / BOM

38. Find the set you need, click on line to open action panel

39. Click the Kit ID

40. Select the NEW kit you created to link the set to the kit

41. Click "Submit"

42. Click "Save Changes"

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