Creating structures from templates

You can create a new product structure from a template, if your system includes templates for these structures. Cloning rules may be defined that determine the actions taken when you create a new structure from a template, as follows:

• Clone The new structure includes a copy of the object that is referenced by the template.

• Reference The new structure references the same object that is included in the template.

• Ignore The new structure does not include or reference the object.

• Map The system maps the template to a replacement structure. For example, this allows you to create a process structure from an existing process or from a process template. Optionally, this rule may be allowed by a second, default, action: Reference, or Ignore.

By applying the relevant cloning rules when you create the structure, Teamcenter maps occurrences in the template to absolute occurrences in the actual structure.