Generate smart IDICs

• Define the properties that are combined to create the IDIC in the MEIdGenerationPropertySetting preference. These can be any single-valued BOM line property. If the property value is empty, Teamcenter uses that empty value. Two typical properties that you may combine are Usage Address and Position Designator. These are used when resolving logical assignments in enterprise bill of process structures.

• Define tolerances for translation and rotation in the following preferences:

ME_angular_tolerance

ME_translation_tolerance

Note If you use a CAD integration with Catia or other CAD application and use a bill of materials (BOM) to BOM or BOM to bill of equipment (BOE), updates sometimes cause small BOM CAD tolerance variations so that parts in the model show as incorrectly changed during advanced accountability checks. To reduce the number of outliers during such checks, increase the ME_angular_tolerance and ME_translation_tolerance values.

• Specify whether the MEIdGenerationPropertySetting preference is to be used to generate in-context IDs during the assign action by setting the MEIdGenerationOnAssignEnabled preference to true. Caution You may notice performance issues when setting this preference.

Alternatively, you can:

• Run the me_stamp_ids utility to generate IDICs for an entire structure, based on a closure rule.

• Create a workflow process based on the ME-stamp-ids-AH action handler to automate the process from the user interface.

When using the utility or action handler, you can specify whether Teamcenter allows duplicate IDICs in the MEIdGenerationAllowDuplicates preference.

Assignments overview