Placing variant data on a structure

When populating a structure with variant data, you must decide where to place options, defaults, and variant rule checks; typically, you attach this data to assembly items. The following types of variant data may be placed on a structure: Type of variant data Purpose Best practice Marketing variant data Set by marketing or customers to specify the required variant of the product. Stored at the product level. Engineering variant data Set by design engineers to control detailed variant information that does not concern customers. Stored at lower levels, attached to specific modules or assemblies.

Note Option identification names are not unique in the database; they are unique only to the owning item. You must specify an item when the option is not unique. Options are generally displayed with their owning item.