Phase Out and Replace Component

You can use this feature to phase out or replace a component part in one or several specific structures or in all structures.
By clearing the Update all Effective Structures check box, the window will populate all structures in which the components are effective and you can select the structures you want to replace the component with.

The replacement of a component can be done for:

If structures exist with a parent part phase-in date earlier than the component part phase-in date, a new revision will be created. There is a check box that will be selected if this is the situation for one or more structures.

If the structure has an existing phase-out date and if a new revision is created then the new revision will have the same phase-out date.
These rules are independent of the site rules which are valid for manufacturing.

There are different rules depending on how you have managed to set up manufacturing for the site.

If the site rules are simplified, you have the option of creating new revisions. Even if the site rules do not generate new revisions, you can override the site rules by selecting the Create New Revision check box.
You can create a new revision in the same status as the revisions that you will replace, by selecting the Create Revision check box in same status as the existing status.

If you have more than one alternate structure for the same revision and one of the alternates gets a new revision, all alternates will get new revisions, because revision is per structure and not per alternate.
Below are rules over how the time for the phase-out date and structures phase-in date works in relation to each other.

 

 

Structure Status Site Rule Check Box New Revision Consequence Comment
Tentative
Plannable
Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified
  The changes will be done in the existing revision and no new revisions will be created.  
Buildable Restricted
Enhanced
  New revision will be created.
Existing revision, Phase Out Date = Today
New Revision, Phase In Date = Tomorrow
The new structure status will depend on:

Choice in the window.
Default structure status rules in Site window.
Buildable Simplified   The changes will be done in the existing revision and no new revisions will be created  
Buildable Simplified Selected New revision will be created.
The application will handle the same way as it does if the site rule is restricted or enhanced.
The new structure status will depend on:

Choice in the window.
Default structure status rules in Site window.

 

    

 
Structure Status Site Rule Check Box New Revision Consequence Comment
Tentative
Plannable
Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified
  The changes will be done in the existing revision and no new revisions will be created.  
Tentative
Plannable
Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified
Selected The component replacements will be performed on the existing revision and new revisions will not be created for the structure.  
Buildable Restricted
Enhanced
  The existing revision become obsolete and a new revision will be created.
The new revision will have the same phase-in date as the replaced revision had.
The new structure status will depend on:

Choice in the window.
Default structure status rules in Site window.
Buildable Simplified   The changes will be done in the existing revision and no new revisions will be created.  
Buildable Simplified Selected New revision will be created.
The application will handle the same way as it does if the Site Rule is restricted or enhanced.
The new structure status will depend on:

Choice in the window.
Default structure status rules in Site window.

 

 

 

Structure Status Site Rule Check Box New Revision Consequence Comment
Tentative
Plannable
Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified
  The changes will be done in the existing revision and no new revisions will be created. *1
Tentative
Plannable
Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified
Selected The component replacements will be performed on the existing revision and new revisions will not be created for the structure.  
Buildable Restricted
Enhanced
Simplified

 

Selected/
Not Selected
New revision will be created.
Existing revision, Phase Out Date = Phase Out Date for the Component Part
New Revision, Phase In Date = The day after the Phase Out Date for the existing revision.

 

The new structure status will depend on:

Choice in the window.
Default structure status rules in Site window.

*1 This situation can lead to that a structure can be set to Buildable before the phase-in date of the component in this structure.