Using the PMI Manager

Customize the PMI Manager view to display a wide variety of PMI attributes as columns, many of which are editable and let you add process information not included in the PMI that derives from NX source data. Many PMI columns are also available from bill of material (BOM) and bill of process (BOP) views.

PMI data flows differently when you set the view scope by selecting a part in the product or process structure and choosing Open with→PMI Manager.

From PMI Manager views launched from the product structure, you can:

• Import new PMI or update PMI objects in Teamcenter from NX models using the third-party BCT Inspector Suite plug-in or exported in JT format from NX or other translators, provided unique accountability IDs exist for each PMI object .

• Remove PMI objects and Data Collection Definitions (DCDs) from the product structure.

• Filter PMI objects and DCDs that are assigned or not assigned to the process structure.

From PMI Manager views launched from the process structure, you can:

• Create additional DCDs not included in the NX data.

• Edit PMI attributes not defined in the NX source.

Note

To assign PMI, you may still copy and paste structures containing DCDs from the PMI Manager view to the process view.

If part JT information that contains the PMI information is imported from NX to Teamcenter using the BCT Inspector Suite, a link between the BOM line PMI entities and JT PMI tags is created to synchronize the PMI Manager and Graphics views. Selecting a PMI object in the PMI Manager view highlights it in the Graphics view, and vice versa.