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Edit a substitute part relationship

You can change or remove the relationship between substitute related parts, as follows:

Procedure

  1. In the product structure tree, select a BOM line with related substitutes and choose Tools→Related Substitutes→Relate. Teamcenter displays the View/Create Related Substitutes dialog box.

  2. Click the Show Related button and Teamcenter shows all the related substitute parts for the selected substitute in the right-hand pane of the dialog box.

  3. Select the relation to edit and click the Cut button to remove it, or click the Modify button to change the relation.

Results

Note

To modify substitute part relationships, you must have write access to the parent BOM view revisions of the selected BOM lines. If you do not have permission to modify either of the parents, you cannot modify the substitute part relationships.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.plm00043/xid353076 · retrieved 2026-07-11