Compare features in two structures using the accountability check

There are several scenarios of interest when comparing features in two BOM structures. You may want to:

• Compare part connections without considering the order of the parts.

• Compare part connections while considering part order.

You can use the accountability check to compare part connections. If the check finds differences, such as a weldpoint connected to Part A and Part B in the engineering BOM but to Part A and Part C in the manufacturing BOM, these differences are marked as partial matches and displayed in the Accountability Check Result view. You can choose to propagate the differences from the engineering BOM to the manufacturing BOM.

Procedure

1. Run an accountability check using an engineering BOM as source and a manufacturing BOM as target.

2. Select the General tab on the Partial Match tab.

3. Select the Consider connected objects for partial match option.

4. Select any other desired options and complete running the accountability check.

5. On the Partial Match Details, select the Connected Parts and the BOM Properties tabs and view the results.

Missing parts are displayed in yellow.

Note

If you work with welds from NX, Teamcenter stores the order of the parts from NX in the Stackup property on the weld attribute form. Therefore, you must ensure that this property is published from NX. This comparison only works for item-based welds in a precise structure.

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