Setting preferences for automatic variant item creation

You can set the following preferences to determine how variant items are created: PSEAutoViCreateEmptyVI This preference determines if the process creates a variant item for each nonmodule that Teamcenter encounters. If set to True (on), as the process continues to the bottom of the generic structure, empty variant items (variant items with no variant configuration) are created for each item that is not a module. If set to False (off), Teamcenter does not create a variant item for a nonmodule. PSEAutoViStopVICreationForUnconfiguredModule This preference determines if the automatic creation process stops as soon as it encounters a module in the generic structure that is not a configured module. If set to False (off), the process continues to the bottom of the generic structure, displaying warning messages for each unconfigured module encountered. (This is the best practice for most business environments.) If set to True (on), Teamcenter stops the process when it encounters an unconfigured module but does continue to check the other sibling branches. PSEAutoViNewItemPopup This preference determines if Teamcenter prompts you for an item identifier, item revision identifier and item name each time the automatic creation process creates a variant item. If set to False (off), Teamcenter automatically assigns values according to the predefined numbering and naming schemes. For example, if you have a generic item called 00100/A Generic Wheel, Teamcenter may create a generic item called 00200/A VI_Generic Wheel. If set to True (on), Teamcenter prompts you for this information each time a variant item is created. PSEAutoViNamePrefix If the PSEAutoViNewItemPopup preference is set to False (off), this preference defines the naming scheme prefix that Teamcenter uses. For example, if you set this preference to VI- and create a generic item called Wheel, the name of the variant item is VI-Wheel. PSEBypassVISearch Set this preference to true to add a Create button to the Configure dialog box as soon as the user sets a value for each option. This allows the user to bypass the requirement to search for similar variant item configurations before creating a new variant item. The default setting is false.