Capturing configurations

Teamcenter provides the following formats for persistently capturing the configuration of a structure: Snapshots containing only the configured product structure (item revisions), not the associated data. Consequently they require relatively little disk space. You can redisplay the saved structure at any time by sending the snapshot folder to Structure Manager. However, any item revisions that are not released are subject to change, including the associated data and CAD models.

Note If the Baseline_create_snapshot_folder preference is set to 1, when you create a baseline of a structure, Teamcenter creates a snapshot folder under the baselined revision. Baselines containing a copy of the complete working data for the structure. Baselines occupy a significant amount of disk space, as you create a copy of the structure each time you baseline it. Many new revisions might be created and (with them) copies of the associated data and CAD designs. Intermediate data capture (IDCs). IDCs are similar in purpose, but save the configuration in PLM XML format. You can create and view IDCs in any application that supports PLM XML, for example, Multi-Structure Manager. Product view. When you click the floppy disk button on the Viewer menu bar, Teamcenter saves a PLM XML file that contains a visual representation of your current viewer session. The session file may subsequently be reopened to show the saved product view.