[FR] Assembly pricing calculation without consumables

dieselburner commented 2 weeks ago

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Problem statement

I love assembly pricing calculation feature as it precisely shows absolute minimum and maximum of overall assembly cost, depending on component purchase quantities and their price breaks.

However, when looking at assembly price range, it is calculated with consumables. Now, if I add to assembly, let's say, PCB stencil or solder paste, which are consumables, these will be not tracked in build order, which is also a great feature, but the assembly itself will not reflect the right cost anymore. 500g of solder paste I use cost around 150$. And if before a tiny board assembly was 5$ at a minimum and 20$ at a maximum, if I add this solder paste to BOM as consumable, board pricing will show 155$ at a minimum and 170$ at a maximum.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Do not place consumables into BOM?

Examples of other systems

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[ ] I want to develop this.

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SchrodingersGat commented 2 weeks ago

We could add a global option to exclude consumable items from BOM pricing calculation, I think this would provide the flexibility you are looking for?

dieselburner commented 2 weeks ago

We could add a global option to exclude consumable items from BOM pricing calculation, I think this would provide the flexibility you are looking for?

Yes! Thanks!

SchrodingersGat commented 2 weeks ago

@dieselburner ok, I'll look into it. Currently there's a lot of the developer pile - if you want to support this feature request via the "fund this issue" button above - that would be greatly appreciated :)

rocheparadox commented 1 week ago

@SchrodingersGat shall I take this up?

SchrodingersGat commented 1 week ago

@rocheparadox happy for you to tackle it! An extra setting, allowing "consumable" items to be excluded when performing BOM pricing calculation :)

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