Browsing Product Structure

• Searching Product Structure

Spatial Search

Spatial search are used to search components in large structure . The structure line is selected from which search has to be initiated and Search button is clicked.Spatial Search Criteria dialog box is opened to define the search parameters.

Non Spatial Search

This search is recommended to search small structures .Search button is clicked without any structure line selection or selecting topline. Nonspatial Search Criteria dialog box is opened to define the search parameters based on item attributes, classification parameters, reference designator or occurrence notes.

• Searching Component By Property in Structure

Find Component(s) in display

Specific components can be searched in an open structure, based on single or combination of properties .This search is useful when user is not much familiar with structure and wants to get to a particular component in the structure. Find component(s) in display at the lower left of the Structure Manager opens Find in Display dialog box .Any combination of available properties criteria can be entered here, separated by operator (AND, OR etc.) to search for a particular component(s).Search always starts from topline irrespective of selection .So, if search is required on a subassembly, it must be opened in a separate window ,to search for the component.

Guided Component Search

This is another way to search for components in structure and is very fast .This is because it searches from list of only those classified workspace objects that fits (based on criteria) in the selected component initiating the search from .To use this search, it has to be configured in Classification Admin application .We will talk about this search in detail at some later stage.

Communicating with owning user

In a collaborative environment where several users own a component in a design, it may become necessary to communicate with a user who owns a particular component or assembly .If Microsoft Office Communicator integration is installed on system, component can be right clicked to Send an Instant Message to owning user of component.