Import Product Structure

Explanation

This activity is used to handle creation of a serial structure template by copying a product structure from IFS/PDM-Configuration. When you are going to build a new template structure which has some similarities with an existing product structure, importing an existing structure is an effective way to get started with the new structure. A serial structure template will be created for each level in the product structure, and the different serial structure templates will be linked together to hold the entire configuration.

Prerequisites

System Effects

As a result of this activity, one or more new template structures will exist in the Preliminary status.

Window

Serial Structure Template
Template Structure Navigator

Related Window Descriptions

Serial Structure Template
Serial Structure Template/Consist Of
Serial Structure Template/Multilevel
Template Structure Navigator/General
Template Structure Navigator/Consist Of
Engineering Part Revision/Consists Of

Procedure

  1. Open the Serial Structure Template window
  2. Create or query for the part to be on top of the new template structure
  3. If you want to import only a structure branch, click on the Consist Of tab, select a part to break down to, right-click and then click Next Level. Repeat this step if you need to go further down the structure.
  4. When you have the part to be on top of the new structure branch in the window's header, right-click on the window's header and then click Import Product Structure.
  5. The Import Product Structure dialog box appears, and first you have to specify the top Part Revision of the structure that you want to import from.
  6. Specify a Prefix and/or Suffix if you want to add one to the structure position.
  7. Specify the Start Str. Position from where to import the sub structure.
  8. To make sure that new positions become equal in length to other positions in the template structure, you can specify the Length of Position. The system will automatically fill up with zeros (0) to match this length.
  9. By selecting the check box Split Product Structure into several Templates, each level of the structure which contains sub structures will be created as a template.
  10. By selecting the check box Expand quantities larger than 1 on lowest level, all serial tracking parts without children in the structure will be split into instances with unique positions. If this check box is not selected the quantity will be kept.
  11. By selecting the check box Copy Functions, product functions connected to the product structure will be copied.
  12. Click OK and the selected structure will be imported. 

Note: This activity can also be executed from the Template Structure Navigator window. The procedures is the same as described above.