Configure an overlay BOM

Procedure Click the Variant Rule button on the toolbar or choose Tools→Variant Rule. Teamcenter displays the Variant Rule dialog box. Click Load. Teamcenter displays the Load Variant Rule dialog box. Select the Allow Multiple Variant Rule loading type and then select two or more SVRs from the Variant Rules list to include in the overlay configuration. Optionally, you can search for SVRs to select and you can select multiple SVRs from a list of SVR search results. You can also append selected SVRs from the search results to the Variant Rules list, if the search type is SVR. However, if you search by item revision, you can make only one selection and you cannot append additional selections.

Tip You can highlight a row in the Variant Rules list to show its option values in the Variant Rule Data table. You cannot edit the entries in this table. If you select the Override or Update loading type, you can select only one SVR at a time. Click OK. Teamcenter displays the Variant Rule dialog box containing the selected SVRs.

Tip The Add and Remove buttons allow you to add SVRs to the overlay or remove SVRs. However, the Remove button is disabled if there are only two SVRs loaded in the overlay because an overlay requires at least two SVRs. If necessary, you can exit overlay mode by clicking Exit in the Variant Rule dialog box. Teamcenter displays a warning message that it will remove all loaded variant rules in the current configuration. Click Yes and it applies a single empty variant rule to the BOM.

Note When you exit overlay mode and have a large BOM, this action may take a little time to complete. A working indicator displays in the status bar until it finishes.