Align BOM in a multisite setup

When aligning a BOM and its corresponding design structure, the two can be in different Teamcenter sites. Typically, the BOM is authored in a central site, and the design is distributed across different sites. To align the structures in such a setup, do the following:

Procedure

1. In the central site, author your data, including BOM, configurator data and partitions and optionally, release the data.

   (Optional) Create designs and design-part alignment (not occurrence alignment).

2. Share the BOM with the design site.

3. Perform the (part occurrence and design occurrence) alignment.

   Note

   You cannot author or edit this shared BOM at the design site.

   You can align multiple design occurrences to a single part occurrence.

   You can visualize structures at the design site.

4. Share the alignment information back to the central site.

5. Transfer the ownership of the design data if no further changes are needed. Otherwise, export the design data, along with alignment data, to the BOM site. Use the CBAMultiSiteExpOptSet option set to share the design data. This allows the concurrent engineering process to utilize the data during development on the design site.