Sharing structure

Classic variants supports sharing of variant structures between products. For example, a dashboard assembly is used in two different products Car Model G and Car Model H, as shown in the following figure. Because the dashboard assembly is shared between products, you should place options that control variants of the assembly (for example, radio) on the assembly item and not higher up the structure. The radio option must have the entire range of values that are allowed in all products in which the assembly is used, that is, mono, stereo, stereo-cassette and stereo-CD. Teamcenter applies a variant rule check to each product, preventing you from specifying a variant rule for the radio option that is not allowed within the product, for example, stereo-cassette for Car Model G and stereo-CD for Car Model H. You must revise the dashboard assembly item, if the relevant parts are released and locked to add the extra allowed values to the option. You can change the structure at the same time to add the new variational components. Shared structure