Creating manufacturing BOMs > Managing features > Feature and part connections

View connected parts

Do one of the following:

In the Auto Feature Part Connector dialog box, select a row or a part and click Display part.

If you select a row, Teamcenter highlights all the parts connected to that feature in the structure pane.

If you select a part (a single cell in the table), Teamcenter highlights only that part in the structure pane.

In the structure pane, select a feature in the product structure or a consumed feature in the process structure and choose View→Show Connected Lines. Teamcenter high;ights features connected by lines to the parts in the associated views.Note

If you set the MEShowConnectedRetainSelection preference to True, the Show Connected Lines command displays both parts and features in the structure views.

If you turn on cross probing (), Teamcenter displays the connected lines in all the visible views.

You can add the Connected to column to provide an additional indication of connected parts.

In the Manufacturing Search view, enter feature criteria to perform a feature search using the Connected to option.
In the Manufacturing Features view, select a feature.Teamcenter displays the names of all connected parts in the Connected Parts list at the bottom of the view. When you select these parts, they are highlighted in the source structure in the structure pane. Tip Before you select a feature in the Manufacturing Features view, set the MEExpandtoSelection preference to True to ensure that the connected part can be highlighted in the structure pane.