Multi-Structure Manager functions

The collaboration context object consists of one or more structure contexts, each with different configuration rules. The BOM lines in each structure context are determined by a revision rule or a variant rule.

Note

Collaboration and structure objects are work space objects (WSOs), not items. They cannot be revised, but you can manage them with incremental changes.

Each structure context may include one or more root objects, each of which may be an occurrence group, an item or an item revision. The item revision may include objects derived from an item or another item revision. You can attach WSOs to collaboration context and structure context objects.

You can open a collaboration context or a structure context several ways, for example, by dropping the object on the Multi-Structure Manager button. Within each structure context, you can browse the structure, modify its content, and create relationships with other structures.

You can open each object in the appropriate data pane to visualize the structure, view or edit its properties, perform searches, manage incremental changes, and so on.

You can create and manage structures entirely with the Multi-Structure Manager application. You can also create structures in another application such as Structure Manager or Manufacturing Process Planner, then manage them with Multi-Structure Manager. If you create a structure in another application, it retains the characteristics assigned it in the other application when you open it in Multi-Structure Manager. Consequently, for example, if you create a process structure in Manufacturing Process Planner, you see the appropriate process structure tabs when you open it in Multi-Structure Manager.