PBOM Estimation

  • For objects which are re-calculated for wire scheme and tower arrangement, click the Generate button to overwrite all manually modified PBOM parameters with newly generated PBOM. For objects that have not been re-calculated, do not click the Generate button.
  • The PBOM can be downloaded as an Excel file with many rows. Check the data with the PivotTable function. For details, follow the steps below:
    1. Click PivotTable to insert it in the current sheet.
    2. Click the PivotTable, and select the Material, Unit, and Quantity and Price columns.
    3. Drag the Material field to the Row area and Quantity to the Value area.
    4. Click Enter.

    After the operation in PivotTable is completed, a table listing the engineering quantities is generated as shown in the figure below:



  • Select cable model according to the following rules:
    • If the cables are within the cable circuit in wind farm, select aluminum cable and use the aluminum cable database.
    • If the cables are those from terminal station to substation, select copper cable and use the copper cable database.
    • If the cables are those from turbine transformer to tower, select either aluminum or copper cable.