Example — Populate assets using the TcPartList template

Teamcenter delivers several templates that are ready for you to use. The following is an example of how to use the TcPartList template.

Procedure

1. Load a product assembly. To use the 3D asset, you must load an assembly that displays parts in the assembly viewer.

2. Select a BOM line to which you want to add a publishing page. You can select the top line, if necessary.

3. Turn on the data tab and click the Work Instruction tab or some other publishing page tab.

4. Detach the Work Instruction tab by right-clicking it and choosing Detach data tab.

5. In the publishing page tab, select File→New TI Dataset.

6. In the dialog box, find the TcPartList template by name and use it as the starting template.

7. Specify a dataset name and click OK. The template should appear in the publishing page viewer.

8. Populate the table assets by selecting the node (BOM line) whose data you want to populate in the table asset component in the left-hand navigation tree. Then select the table asset component in the publishing page pane and choose Edit→Populate Asset.

9. Populate the 3D geometry asset as follows:

Select the viewer tab.

Turn on parts and use the 3D viewer to manipulate the view until it shows what you want to see in the asset. Include markups if desired.

Ensure that a BOM line is still selected, then select the 3D asset in the publishing page viewer and select the Populate button. This creates a new snapshot (product view) dataset and populates the asset with it. You can also populate a 3D asset from an existing snapshot. However, the dataset must have an asset file attached to it. Asset file creation is an option; use the named reference dialog to determine whether or not the dataset has an asset file.

Select a snapshot dataset in the Attachments tab or in another application.

Select a 3D snapshot (product view) in the Product Views dialog box of the assembly viewer. Asset file creation is controlled by a menu in this dialog box.