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Consuming an assembly with in-context information

In the following example, an assembly part is consumed below a process structure. If a child item in the product structure contains in-context information that was edited for a part above the consumed part, you cannot see the in-context information in the process structure. In the following example, it6 has a variant condition in the context of it_top. Therefore, you see the variant symbol and the target symbol in the product structure.

If the in-context information is added in the context of the consumed line or below it, it is visible. In the following example, the variant condition of it7 is edited in the context of it1, which is the consumed line. Therefore, the in-context information is available in the process structure.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/id1151522 · retrieved 2026-07-11