Relate substitute parts

If there are dependencies between substitute part selections, you can relate the substitute part of one occurrence with substitute parts of the other occurrence. You can define these relationships for any occurrence in any BOM view revision.

Such relationships are bidirectional. For example, you can relate substitute A of the lower bearing in the product structure to substitute B of the upper bearing, if the selection of B depends on the current selection of A. The same dependency applies to the selection of B as the upper bearing; that is, A must always be the lower bearing if B is selected as the upper bearing, and B must always be the upper bearing if A is selected as the lower bearing. However, Teamcenter does not enforce this relationship, if you choose to override it in a particular structure configuration.

To relate substitutes, 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 relate the substitute parts.

Procedure

1. In the product structure tree, select the two BOM lines that represent the applicable occurrences and choose Tools→Related Substitute→Relate. Teamcenter displays the View/Create Related Substitutes dialog box.

2. Verify the parent BOM lines and selected substitute items are those you want to relate. You can also click the Preview button to check the relation to be created.

3. When you are satisfied that the correct relationship is selected, click the Create button to confirm the selection. Teamcenter creates the relationship between the proposed substitutes and saves it in the database; it is not necessary to explicitly save changes to the product structure. If you create an incorrect relationship, click the Reset button to reset the changes.

Note The Related Substitute menu command is only visible if your site administrator sets the PSE_enable_related_substitutes preference to True. When you save a product structure that includes related substitute parts as a new structure, all substitute part relations are carried forward.