About filtering structures

You filter the product structures to work with the specific product definitions. You can filter a product structure by spatial proximity and volume, creation or modification period, properties (like owner or type), and partitions. You can also filter the product structure using Copilot if Teamcenter Artificial Intelligence Services are installed in your Teamcenter environment

You filter a structure so that you can work with a specific product definition, which is comparatively smaller in size than the entire structure. You can filter structures if your Teamcenter setup has the Context Management User and Smart Discovery licenses.. Additionally, you can filter only those structures that are indexed using Smart Discovery Indexing. Such structures can be identified by the Indexed indicator . Hovering over the indicator shows the start time of the last successful index update indicating whether the modified structure is available for filter. You can further visualize the 3D design data of those structures if they are indexed for massive model visualization (MMV) using Smart Discovery Indexing. Such structures can be identified by the Massive model visualization indexed indicator . The different ways to filter a product structure are as follows:

Filter by spatial proximity and volume Filter a structure by locating parts that are at a certain proximity from a specific part. You can also filter a structure by locating parts that are inside or outside a certain spatial zone. The spatial zone is represented by a bounding box. You can also choose to locate parts that are on the edges of the bounding box.

Filter by period Filter a structure by selecting a date range. You can select the date range when the structure was created or modified.

Filter by properties Filter a structure by specifying certain properties such as owner, type, and occurrence notes. You cannot find an element within a structure by specifying occurrence properties. You can do so by specifying item revision properties. However, you can filter a structure by specifying both occurrence properties and item revision properties.

Filter by partitions Filter a structure by selecting partitions.

Filter a structure using Copilot

Apart from using the regular filters, you can also filter your currently open structure using Copilot if Teamcenter Artificial Intelligence Services are installed in your Teamcenter environment. If the structure is indexed using Smart Discovery Indexing, you can filter the structure in Copilot:

by spatial proximity and volume If the spatial properties exist for the structure, you can use Copilot to filter the structure by locating parts that are at a certain proximity from a specific part. You can also filter a structure by locating parts that are inside or outside a certain spatial zone. The spatial zone is represented by a bounding box. You can also choose to locate parts that are on the edges of the bounding box.

by properties You can use the following properties only in Copilot to filter the structure: name, last modified, owning group, owning user, quantity, sequence number, description, and item ID.

Tip When you filter a structure using Copilot, provide a single instruction at a time.

You cannot filter the structure in Copilot by period and partitions.