Opening Structure

Product Structure can be opened in several different ways:

• Opening in Structure Manager

  • Send to

If there is a reference to top-level structure in another application, this method comes as useful. Right click the object and Send to Structure Manager from the list of various applications in Send to popup list.

• • File–>Open

Use this when a new BOM window needs to be opened on a subassembly. Select the subassembly and click File –>Open

• • Drag & Drop

Select and drag the line representing structure in another application and drop it in structure manager.

• • Links-Section links in navigation pane to open structure from:
    • Open Items
    • History
    • Favorites
  • Open by Name

This method is used to open existing structure. Click on Open by Name button and enter the id. Double click on result to open structure.

• • MRU

Most Recently Used (MRU) button is used to open last ‘N’ structures that were previously opened. N is set by right clicking the MRU button

• • Clipboard

If structure needs to be opened in Structure Manager from different application, this method is useful. Copy structure from different application and open it in structure manager from clipboard .

• • Structures in Split Window

By clicking on split window , two structures can be opened side by side. No other structure can be opened after this unless window is unsplit by again clicking on .

• Opening in NX & Lifecycle Visualization:

  • Opening structure in NX

By selecting the top level line of a configured product structure with revision rule and variants and choosing Tools Export Configured NX Assembly, structure can be exported to NX.

TC_ExportConfigUGNXAssembly preference should be set to TRUE and NX installed on client machine

Variant structure can be pushed to NX by expanding the variant structure completely (View→Show Unconfigured Variants set to off) and selecting the lowest level and click Open in NX button (TC_show_open_in_NX_button preference is set to On). In NX , click Open in toolbar and browse the required structure. Assembly Navigator in NX shows unconfigured components as unloaded

• • Opening structure in Lifecycle Visualization

Configured variant structure is expanded to lowest level and click on Open in Lifecycle Visualization button (TC_show_open_in_vmu_button preference is set to on). Graphics (not parts) are displayed for selected line in Lifecycle Visualization. Checkbox selection can turn on and off the graphic display in lifecycle visualization.

• Viewing Remote Component of Structure

If assembly item is imported to a remote site from master Multi-Site Collaboration site, components of assembly are not imported. Only BOM View revision is imported. So, components are not loaded at remote site as they are not available locally…These remote components (assembly replicas) can be viewed as stub reference in the structure lines at remote sites. If the owning user excludes certain object from the replica of remotely owned assembly item, augmented stub is created for the component by Teamcenter at replica site, which is visible to user based on authorization.