Adding components to the product structure

There are four ways you can add components to the product structure: Copying and pasting objects Allows you to copy references to existing items, parts, and designs. Use quick add Allows you to add new components by typing in the item, part, and design identifiers. Add a component to an assembly Allows you to enter the item identifier by specifying (for example) the number of components to add. Create a new item or item revisions Allows you to use a top-down approach by simultaneously modeling structure and creating new items, parts, and designs. If you manage parts and CAD designs separately, you must align the CAD designs and the BOM at an appropriate time. If another user is editing a single level assembly within the product structure, Teamcenter prevents you making changes until the other user has saved their changes. A warning message identifies the other user working on the assembly. This safeguard does not prevent you making changes to other assemblies that are not being worked on. Optionally, Teamcenter can validate the structure by verifying that you add only appropriate child items and item elements (GDEs). If you attempt to make an invalid addition, Teamcenter displays an error message stating that you cannot add the selected child item to the current parent item. To enable validation, your Teamcenter administrator sets the TCEnforceSingleType and TCAllowedChildTypes_Item Type/GDE Type preferences. The TCAllowedChildTypes_Item Type/GDE Type preference allows Structure Manager to validate occurrence creation between parent and child, by defining what type of child is valid for each type of parent. However, if the preference value is changed after occurrences are created, those occurrences may no longer be valid afterwards but Structure Manager does not invalidate those existing occurrences. If you subsequently perform a SaveAs, Revise or similar action, Structure Manager copies those existing occurrences without validating them against the latest preference values. Consequently occurrences that are not valid for the new preference values are still created without error.

Note If you try to add an incompatible part type to the product structure, Teamcenter displays an error message. For example, you cannot add a manufacturer part to the product structure in Structure Manager.