This activity is used to define an alternate part and its structure in a template structure. The defined alternate part will be the valid alternate for the selected installed part in the structure. Note: The installed part does not necessarily have to be the prime part of the selected template structure. When you define a template alternate, the following will take place in the system:
If access control is established for the template structure, the defined alternate part, the structure to which it belongs, and all the sub parts in the selected structure will receive access from the template part level on which the alternate part and its structure was created. When an alternate part and its structure is removed, the access for the alternate will be removed, provided that the alternate part does not exist elsewhere in the structure as a serial or an alternate part.
Alternatively, if access rights are distributed to a template part after the alternate and belonging structure is defined, the alternate part and its structure will be updated with the distributed access groups.
When defining template alternates for template structure entries that will be used in an Complex Assembly MRO flow, there must be an unbroken connection to the installed part for the alternate to be transferred. The diagrams below illustrate the ways in which template alternates can be set up.
Example: A part 100-P is installed in a structure position of a template structure. For this part there are 3 valid alternate parts 100-ALT1, 100-ALT2, and 100-ALT3.
If transfer alternates to manufacturing is enabled (RUN_IN_BATCH)
when defining template alternates for template structure entries that will be used
in a Complex Assembly MRO flow, introduced alternates will be transferred to manufacturing
through a background job. Once the background job is executed, the temporary transfer
table will be updated. For more information, view the online help file, Verify
or Adjust Default Object Properties.
Interchangeability Rule Description One Way Interchangeable An alternate will automatically be created that is Not Fully Interchangeable in Part/Alternate Parts and in Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. Two Way Interchangeable Will result in a Fully Interchangeable alternate in Part/Alternate Parts and in Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. Not Interchangeable Nothing will be created in Part/Alternate Parts or in Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions. Interchangeable as a Set Same as One Way Interchangeable. Qualified Interchangeable Same as Two Way Interchangeable, but the alternate must be approved before the structure can be set to status Operational. For more information, view the online help file, Approve or Reject Structure Change.
Serial Structure Template
Template Structure Navigator
Template Alternates
Serial Structure Template/Alternates/Template
Alternates
Template Structure Navigator/Alternates/Template Alternates
Part/Alternate Parts
Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions
Configuration Basic Data/Interchangeability
Code
Use this procedure to define a template alternate and the structure to which it belongs, for a part installed in the selected template structure.
- Serial Structure Template
- Template Structure Navigator
- Template Alternates
Note: In the Template Alternates window, you must enter a value for the Template Part Number field. Use the List of Values to select the template structure in which the alternate is to be installed.