Fast searches

Teamcenter provides a quick spatial search mechanism that allows you to query a given configuration of the product structure to locate parts in a particular area of the product. Spatial searches are primarily useful for large products containing thousands of structure lines. You can specify the area to search by entering spatial coordinates in the search dialog window or by dragging a search box on the viewer pane. The search results are displayed as a list of items or item revisions in the specified area. Spatial searches may be combined with Classification searches, saved queries, and filters to refine the search results. The quick spatial search does not require you to maintain data caches. However, Teamcenter supports appearance searches and quick part locator (QPL) searches if you maintain secondary data caches for use with those mechanisms.