Engineering BOM Management – Usage > Configure structures
Create variant conditions for a part
Create variant conditions for a part You can create and update variant conditions for a part through the Variant Conditions tab and also inline within a structure. Create and update variant conditions using the Variant Conditions tab Procedure Search for the product structure that contains the part for which you want to add a variant condition. Associate a configurator context with the product structure, if this is not already done. Select the product design and click Open . Select the relevant part and click the Variant Conditions tab. Click Show All Families to view all options. To expand each option family, click Show Children . Click Edit . Click a cell in the grid next to a variant option to set the variant condition for the part: Click once to display a check mark to include the variant option as a variant condition. Click twice to display a circle backslash to exclude the variant option as a variant condition. Click three times to display a blank cell to indicate that the variant option is not used as a variant condition. Click Save Edits to update the variant conditions. Multiple variant conditions are connected using a logical AND operation to create the final variant condition. Create and update variant conditions inline Procedure Search for the product structure that contains the part for which you want to add a variant condition. Associate a configurator context with the product structure, if this is not already done. Select the product design and click Open . Select the relevant part and hover over the Variant Formula column and click . Click Edit. Type the syntax for the variant condition for the selected part. Tip When you are authoring the variant condition, click Intellisense to receive the syntax suggestions to author the variant condition. Multiple variant conditions are connected using a logical AND operation to create the final variant condition. If you want to clear the typed variant condition, click Clear Text . If you want to validate the syntax and the variant condition, click Validate Syntax . Click Save. Engineering BOM Management ─ Usage, 2606 Unpublished work. © 2026 Siemens
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