Add components in a context

You can add components to a structure in the context of the top level. These components are then visible when you select the top line of the structure. The following examples show how resources may be attached to a structure:

Welding_Cell 1
	Robot from Classification
		Standard Definition
		Welding Gun 1→Added in context of cell 1
Welding_Cell 2	Robot from Classification
		Standard Definition
		Welding Gun 1→Added in context of cell 2
Factory 1
	Welding Cell 1
		Robot
		Support Column 1→Added in context of Factory1
	Welding Cell 2

When you open factory 1, you see welding gun 1 in the context of cell 1 and support column 1 in the context of factory 1. If you view the same robot in My Teamcenter, none of these components are visible as they are not part of a standard robot.

To do this, you can create an absolute occurrence in the context of a top-level item. Add welding gun 1 in the context of cell 1 by adding an absolute occurrence to cell 1 under the robot.

Note

When you create an absolute occurrence for a top-level item, you also create absolute occurrences for all children of a parent under which you add the component.