About collaboration contexts

A collaboration context is used to save groups of data in a specific configuration. It is a Teamcenter object that holds a collection of data contained in structure and configuration contexts. This data allows you to capture multiple different Teamcenter structures in one container. You can open a collaboration context in the Multi-Structure Manager application, in Manufacturing Process Planner, in Multi-BOM Management, or in Part Planner. You can use the Collaboration Context Tree view to manipulate the object within collaboration contexts.

A collaboration context consists of any number of structure contexts and one configuration context. A structure context can contain any BOM or assembly structures. It holds occurrence groups, items, and item revisions. A configuration context holds the revision rule, variant rules, and closure rule applicable to the collaboration context, as well as the current state of various buttons that affect the objects seen in the structure tree and view, such as Show Unconfigured Variants or Show Unconfigured Changes.

You can also use a collaboration context to collect data to share with a third-party application.

You can specify which type of object is pasted under the structure context using the MESaveAsSC_PasteType preference.

Note

The PS_assume_legacy_transform_units preference determines how Teamcenter interprets the units of measure for legacy transform data. Teamcenter and NX currently use meters for transform units of measure; legacy measurements were in inches or millimeters. This preference affects all data using legacy transforms that have no database-resident indication of the unit measurement stored with them. The default setting is Unknown. If the preference is left in the default setting, you may see discrepancies between the model and display units when you view collaboration context structures in Manufacturing Process Planner.