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You can keep both just in case.
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Manual Solutions
Sometimes manual solutions are necessary, most often due to parts acquired via sample programs or sponsorships, but also for parts that are available only via direct quote.
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Most importantly, a price break and available quantity must be set. For free items I typically just set a negligible price and set the quantity to whatever was received in the sample or donation.
Ranking Suppliers
The NER vault has already been setup to limit results to suppliers that are trustworthy/workable for us and limit to USD pricing. By default the ActiveBOM will sort results by cheapest, including price breaks. Sometimes we would prefer to limit how many suppliers we use to save on shipping. To make this clear in the BOM we can override the ranking completed by Altium.
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Altium will still use colors to show that other suppliers are more or less recommended (due to supply, price, etc), but your override will now be forced to the back.
Ordering from ActiveBOM
There are some steps to keep in mind when ordering from an Altium ActiveBOM.
Ensure you hit “Refresh”
Export the BOM to upload to websites
