Specify a property value to be a combination of other property values

You can automate the generation a property value for BOM lines to be based on the concatenation of other properties of the BOM line. The combination of these properties results in a unique string that Teamcenter assigns as a new property value.

• Define the properties that are combined to create the new property value 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 item ID and absolute transformation matrix.

• 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 BOM (Bill of Materials) to BOM or BOM to BOE (Bill of Equipment), updates sometimes cause small BOM CAD tolerance variations so that many parts in the model show as changed during advanced accountability checks. To reduce the number of outliers during such checks, increase the ME_angular_tolerance and ME_translation_tolerance values to reduce the tolerances.

Alternatively, you can:

• Run the me_stamp_ids utility to generate the new property value 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 property values in the MEIdGenerationAllowDuplicates preference.