Structure indexing recommendations

Indexing structure content requires effort. Therefore, you must understand what content must be indexed for the most benefit, and the configurations of that content that are appropriate and useful for index-enabled interaction.

Example Suppose you have a dozen significant top-level structures representing product platforms. This is a clear example of content that would benefit from being indexed. Even if that content were no longer active within the engineering organization or were out of production, there may still be value to sustaining that definition if users would benefit from the information about those products. To help you decide what you should index, following are some examples. Must index Large structures using Massive Model Visualization Should likely index Product platforms under development Requirement structure for a strategic initiative Mature product in manufacturing production Should be considered for indexing Moderately sized structures sharing considerable reused content Out-of-production products with ongoing service Unlikely to need an index R&D concepts Legacy products out of production Small and simple structures Structure indexing provides where-used capabilities in the top-level assembly contexts that are indexed and facet-based search filtering capability. Structure indexing requirements for Massive Model Visualization (MMV) Structure indexing is required for Massive Model Visualization (MMV) of large structures. MMV also requires Visualization Extension application for rendering the 3D data. You can retain interim files that represent changes between the last valid indexed version and the latest structure data.