Clone a structure from a template

Procedure

1. In the Requirement view, select the parent specification or requirement whose structure you want to clone.

   Tip: If the Requirement view does not display the object you want, disregard the current selection. You can browse to and select the object after opening the New Item From Template dialog box.

2. Choose File→New→Item From Template to open the New Item From Template dialog box.

3. On the Choose Template tab, click the Set Current Selection button to fill the Template ID box with the parent object identifier.

   You can also type the identifier in the Template ID box, and then press Enter.

   Tip: To browse to a different parent and enter that object identifier: to search by object name, click the Find the template by name button; if the object is classified, click the Find the template by class button to use the Classification Search dialog box.

4. On the Item Details tab, enter the clone's object identifier, revision, and name.

5. Click the Configuration tab.

6. Select a revision rule from the Revision Rule list.

7. Click Set Date/Unit/End Item to open the Set Date/Unit/End Item dialog box and set an effectivity.

8. Do one of the following:

   • Click Process all variants to traverse the structure considering all unconfigured variants.
   • Click Process configured to only process the configured structure. You must specify a variant rule when you choose this option. The structure is configured using the variant rule and unconfigured variants are not considered during cloning.

9. From the Cloning Rule list, select a rule.

10. (Optional) Select Carry over future incremental changes.

    If you select this option, you must set the date in the cloning dialog. If you do not select this option, cloning copies the configured structure only.

11. (Optional) Select Show as new root to create the cloned structure as a top-level object.

12. Click OK or Apply to create the new structure from the template you choose.

At the end of any cloning operation, if new incremental changes are created as part of cloning process, Teamcenter displays a dialog box listing the new incremental changes.