Viewing a structure in Lifecycle Visualization

You can open a structure in stand-alone Lifecycle Visualization (if installed) by selecting the top-level assembly and choosing File→Open in Lifecycle Visualization. When you use stand-alone Lifecycle Visualization, a viewing window opens containing the structure or assembly. To the left of this viewing window is a project workspace window that is a pane containing a tree display with buttons along the bottom. These buttons allow you to choose the context in which you are working, including assembly context (View Structure Tree), PMI context (View PMI Tree), snapshot context (View Snapshots), and cross-section context (View Section Tree). By default, the Open in Lifecycle Visualization button and menu command are not visible in Structure Manager. You must set the TC_show_open_in_vmu_button preference to on to make them visible. Lifecycle Visualization must be purchased separately and is not provided with Teamcenter.

Note If Lifecycle Visualization and Teamcenter are on same machine, a libsyss.dll conflict can occur. To avoid this conflict, turn off Lifecycle Visualization when you perform a batch run. For more information about using stand-alone Lifecycle Visualization, see the Lifecycle Visualization online help.