Define Alternate Part Revisions

Explanation

Use this activity to define which revisions of alternate parts are interchangeable with each other. You can copy lines from another engineering part revision or from the part catalog, or you can enter lines manually. 

Prerequisites

• The relationship between primary and alternate parts must have been set up on the Alternate Parts tab of the Part window.
• Both the primary and alternate part must have an engineering part revision.
• IFS/Vehicle Information Management must have been installed.

System Effects

The specified part revisions are allowed to replace each other in a serial structure.

Windows

Engineering Part Revision 

Related Window Descriptions

Engineering Part Revision
Engineering Part Revision/Alternate Part Revisions

Procedure

To define which revisions of alternate parts are interchangeable with each other, perform one or several of the following procedures.

Note: The following procedures, when performed using Engineering Part Navigator/Alternate Part Revisions is relevant for web. For all the operations in web using this window, click Actions. 

Copy alternate parts from another engineering part revision:

1. Open the Engineering Part Revision or Engineering Part Navigator window and populate it.
2. In the Part Number list (or Selected Part list), select the number of the primary part. The revision number, part description, and status automatically appear in the adjacent fields.
3. Click the Alternate Part Revisions tab. All parts and revisions previously established as valid alternates are shown in the Alternate Part Number and Alternate Part Revision fields, respectively.
4. Right-click anywhere on the Alternate Part Revisions tab and then click Copy Alternate Parts from Part Revision. A dialog box appears whose title bar identifies to which primary part the alternate part revision is to be copied (this is the primary part shown in the header of the main window).
5. In the Part Number and Revision fields of the dialog box, enter the part number and revision, respectively, or select both values from the List of Values.
6. Click OK. The alternate part revision entered for the primary part is now available on the Alternate Part Revisions tab.

Copy alternate parts from the part catalog:

1. Open the Engineering Part Revision or Engineering Part Navigator window and populate it.
2. In the Part Number list (or Selected Part list), select the number of the primary part. The revision number, part description, and status automatically appear in the adjacent fields.
3. Click the Alternate Part Revisions tab. All parts and revisions previously established as valid alternates are shown in the Alternate Part Number and Alternate Part Revision fields, respectively.
4. To retrieve information from the part catalog record, right-click and then click Copy Alternate Parts from Part Catalog. The Copy Alternate Parts from Part Catalog dialog box appears, showing the primary part and revision in the header as well as the alternate part number in the table below.
5. Enter the applicable revision in the Alternate Part Rev field.
6. Click OK. All lines with a defined revision will be copied to the Alternate Part Revisions tab window.

Enter new alternate parts manually:

1. Open the Engineering Part Revision or Engineering Part Navigator window and populate it.
2. In the Part Number list (or Selected Part list), select the number of the primary part. The revision number, part description, and status automatically appear in the adjacent fields.
3. Click the Alternate Part Revisions tab. All parts and revisions previously established as valid alternates are shown in the Alternate Part Number and Alternate Part Revision fields, respectively.
4. Create a new record.
5. Enter values in the Alternate Part Number and Alternate Part Revision fields.
6. Save the information