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
- A product structure must exist. The status of the product structure does not
matter, any status can be imported.
- The top part in the new structure has to be defined before an import can
take place.
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
- Open the
Serial Structure Template window
- Create or query for the part to be on top of the new template structure
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Specify a Prefix and/or Suffix if you want to add one to the structure
position.
- Specify the Start Str. Position from where to import the sub structure.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- By selecting the check box Copy Functions, product functions
connected to the product structure will be copied.
- 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.