Select configuring structures

In some cases, it is unclear which loaded structures configure a loaded process. For example, a process may contain consumed items from two different product structures and you only want to see the operations containing parts from one of these product structures. Another example is when you have two product structures and two process structures loaded. You want to configure each process by their associated product structure.

You can define which loaded structures configure loaded processes.

Procedure

1. Select a process.

2. Do one of the following:

In the process structure view menu, choose Define Configuring Structures.

Choose Tools→Define Configuring Structures.

Teamcenter displays the Define Configuring Structures dialog box that contains:

The name of the selected process.

The name of the collaboration context containing the selected process, if applicable.

A list of all loaded structures.

3. In the Configuring Structures list, select one or multiple structures that you want to configure the process. You can also clear all the selections so that the process is not configured by any structure. This behavior is equivalent to not having any product structure loaded.

If only one structure is loaded, the Define Configuring Structures dialog box will not appear. By default, a product contained within a collaboration context configures a process located in the same collaboration context. If you select an occurrence group in the first step, Teamcenter carries out the command on the corresponding base view. Tip

Teamcenter maintains the selection of a configuring structure until one of the structures is unloaded. To maintain the selection, save the structures to a collaboration context.

To use the pre-Teamcenter 9.0 behavior where each loaded composition structure is configured by all loaded structures, set the MEConfiguringStructuresMode preference.