Basic tasks

Task Overview Browse product structure You can view the assembly structure of a product, navigate around the structure, and find components in the structure. From any point in the structure, you can access the associated data, for example, datasets. Visualize product structure You can display a graphical representation of the product, if the relevant DirectModel dataset image is associated with the product structure. Selecting a component in the viewer highlights the component in the product structure and vice versa. Build and edit structure You can create and modify product structure using Cut, Copy, Paste, and Remove commands. You can specify related information, such as torque settings, for any component. Make where-used searches A where-used search reports all assemblies in which a part is used. Perform this search in the Referencers pane. Compare product structures You can compare two Structure Manager structures, each configured as required, to highlight any changes. Use item revision configuration You can set a revision rule that determines the revision of each component that Teamcenter configures. This allows you to configure a structure as it was or will be on a particular date, for example, by utilizing effectivity data on each item revision (release status). Configure variant products and Configure modular variant products You can set a variant rule to determine which variant components are configured in the structure. Teamcenter references variant data you create on the structure to determine the appropriate variant components. Open a structure in NX or Teamcenter lifecycle visualization You can load a complete product structure or selected components from the structure, into NX directly from Structure Manager, if you have installed Teamcenter Integration for NX. Teamcenter Integration for NX allows you to make changes to the assembly structure in NX and synchronizes the changes into the Teamcenter database.

Note You can also manage product structures created in other CAD packages, if you have installed the appropriate integration software.