Manufacturing Process Planner general functionality > Manufacturing fundamentals > Searching for a component in other open structures
Setting up the search for components in other structures
You can select one or more objects in the following areas of the user interface and search for them in a different structure.
Lines in a view
Consumed parts in a process
An object in the Navigation pane (Favorites, History, Open Items)
Objects in the Home folder
Objects in the My Worklist folder
Items attached to a Teamcenter mail
Lines in the Summary view
Objects in the Graphics view
Whether you need to expand a target structure before choosing the Find in All Visible Views menu command depends on the settings of the following two preferences:
MECopyIdInContextToAssignedLine
MECopyIdInContextLowerLevels
Note
Whether you need to expand a structure before a found component can be highlighted within it depends on the value of the MEExpandToSelection preference. If this preference is set to false, you must manually expand the target structure to highlight lines found within that structure.
Related Topics
- Understanding ID in context and assigned products
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/pmpa1601 · retrieved 2026-07-11