About Structure Partitions

BOM engineers, designers, and downstream and upstream consumers mostly work with specific structures (assemblies) rather than the entire product itself. In the case of complex and large products, locating the required structure becomes tedious. To help users easily find the required structure, as a BOM architect, you can divide a large product into smaller, manageable sections called partitions. Structures can be arranged logically and hierarchically within partitions. For example, you can divide the product structure of a car into different partitions such as steering, engine, suspension, chassis, and brakes.

Partitions can belong to different partition schemes such as functional, physical, or spatial. Every structure can be organized within one or more partitions as per the partition scheme without having the need to duplicate the structure. For example, the engine structure can belong to partitions in the physical and the functional partition schemes.

The following video shows how you can organize structure data within partitions:

Partitions can be used to organize different kinds of structure data such as requirements, engineering BOM, and Product Configurator families.

Where do I go from here?

Administrator

See Structure Partitions ─ Deployment and Administration.

Business User

I want to create partitions.

As partitions are created within partition schemes, you must first create partition schemes and then add partitions to these schemes.

I want to verify if all structure elements are assigned to partitions.

You can find out if you have missed assigning any structure elements to partitions.

I want to filter a product structure.

You can filter a product structure by partitions to locate the structure that you want to work in.

There are several additional ways to filter a structure if you have the Smart Discovery for Structures license.

Can I add a structure element to multiple partitions?

Yes, you can add a structure element to more than one partition. You can also add the structure element to partitions that belong to different partition schemes.

How do I find out to which partitions a structure element is added?

See how to find the partitions in which a structure element is available.

Can I work with structures within partitions?

Currently, you can perform only certain Structure Management tasks for structures organized within partitions. Only the commands related to these tasks are enabled on the user interface for a selected element within a partition. To understand how to perform these tasks, see Structure Management on Active Workspace ─ Usage.