Guided component search overview

Using a guided component search (GCS) accelerates the search for matching components within an assembly. This search allows you to choose from a list of only those classified workspace objects that fit into the selected components from which you are initiating the search. Whether a component fits into something else could be based on physical criteria or on other criteria that you decide (for example, Material A can only be used with Material B). To use this search, you must first configure it in the Classification Admin application. The guided component search uses the following criteria to determine if a component matches another: If the connection type of each component is the same. If components fit into each other. All components in the GCS are assigned a physical shape—plug, socket, or neutral. For the search to find a match, the matching component must always have the opposite shape to the initial component. In other words, a plug component requires a socket component and vice versa, or a neutral component requires another neutral component. The attribute values of the components must fulfill the matching criteria set in the Classification Admin application.