Opening the structure

You can view a structure if a DirectModel dataset is attached to the associated item revision by choosing View→Show/Hide Data Panel and clicking the Graphics tab. Alternatively, you can click the Show/Hide Data Panel button on the toolbar. The selected lines in the structure tree are now shown with a check box on the left of the node. These check boxes allow you to control the lines that are displayed in the viewer. By default, they are all not selected. To modify the view, you can: Select the check box for the top-level line in the structure to load the graphics for every line in the structure, that is, view the entire structure. Select the check boxes only on those lines for which you want to load the graphics, that is, view a selected part of the structure. Select the check box on the line for a piece part to view only the part. Select the check box on a line representing an assembly to load the graphics and view the assembly. Clear the check boxes to blank the graphics to hide the entire structure.

Note If you applied a variant rule to the structure and unconfigured components are hidden, the graphics for the unconfigured lines are not loaded when you select the check box for the top-level item or an assembly. When you edit the structure in the tree (for example, adding, removing, or substituting a part or assembly), the view is updated to reflect the changes. When you remove, replace, or substitute a part or assembly, Teamcenter unloads the selected item from the viewer if it is loaded. When you add a part or assembly to the structure, Teamcenter does not automatically display the selected item in the viewer, but adds to the structure tree, allowing you to load it manually. If a part occurrence has more than one design representation associated with it, the primary published design is shown in the viewer.