About generating an aligned design structure from an Assembly BOM

If your site administrator has set up the Product Master Automation feature, you can generate a design structure automatically from an Assembly BOM available in Teamcenter. The design structure is generated with a naming convention set by the administrator. In the generated design structure:

• A (parent) design is created for the (parent) part, and the design is aligned with the part.
• Design occurrences are created below the (parent) design, and are automatically aligned with the corresponding part occurrences.
• For each design occurrence, a design is created, and is aligned with the corresponding part.

You can generate an aligned design structure by clicking Create Design BOM or by sending the Assembly BOM through a workflow.

Example

Consider that the Assembly BOM of Wheel consisting of Tire, Rim, and Valve does not have a corresponding design structure. When you generate a design structure for Wheel:

• Designs named D_Wheel, D_Tire, D_Rim, and D_Valve are created.
• The part Wheel is aligned with the newly generated design D_Wheel.
• The parts (Tire, Rim, and Valve) are aligned with the newly created designs (D_Tire, D_Rim, and D_Valve).
• The part occurrences of the Wheel (Tire, Rim, and Valve) are aligned with the corresponding design occurrences (D_Tire, D_Rim, and D_Valve).