Replace a component

You can make the following replacements in a product structure:

• Replace a component without losing the occurrence data.You can change an item revision in an assembly by cutting out the old item revision and pasting in the new item revision. However, this method breaks the occurrence link to the old component, so you lose any occurrence attributes including notes and the find number of the old component. A replacement retains the occurrence data.

• Change the revision of a component item in precise assemblies.

• Change the view type.If the component has multiple views and you want the parent assembly to reference a different view, you can edit to the parent assembly to change the view type.

You cannot replace one component with two or more components. However, you can select multiple components and replace each with a single component.

Note

Teamcenter does not verify if the replacement request is valid for your business data. If necessary, check the validity of the replacement action with the Teamcenter administrator.

Procedure

1. Select the component to replace in the product structure.

2. (Optional) Copy the replacement component to the clipboard. This action prepopulates the Replace Component dialog box with the item identifier and revision of the replacement component.

3. Choose Edit→Replace. Teamcenter displays the Replace dialog box. The lower pane of the dialog box contains details of the selected component to replace.

4. In the upper pane of the dialog box, enter the item identifier of the replacement component. If you copied the replacement component to the clipboard, the item ID and revision boxes are already populated with those of the copied component. You can change the identifier if required, but not the item name; the item name is derived from the item identifier you enter.You can specify a revision in some circumstances, depending on whether the parent assembly BOM view revision of the component replaced is precise or imprecise:

If the BOM view revision of the parent assembly is precise, you can specify a revision. In this situation, you can use the replace command to replace one component item revision with another item revision or to replace the component with a revision of a different item. If an item is taken from the clipboard, Teamcenter determines the revision by the revision rule.

If the BOM view revision of the parent assembly is imprecise, you cannot specify the revision. In this situation, you use the replace command to replace one component item with another item. If there is not a revision that satisfies the revision rule when you add the component to the structure, Teamcenter displays the revision as ???.

5. (Optional) Use the bottom section of the Replace Component dialog box to change the scope of the replacement by clicking one of the following:

Single Component Replaces only the selected component.

All in Parent Assembly Replaces all components of the selected item revision that are in the parent assembly.

If the component to replace has multiple views, Teamcenter uses the default view type. If no default is defined, Teamcenter displays an error message and you must specify a view type in the Replace... dialog box.

Alternatively, to replace one or more items (parts) or item elements for another:

Procedure

1. Select one or more source lines that represent items or item elements, and choose Edit→Copy.

2. Select target lines that represents the same types of item or item element and choose Edit→Paste. If you copied more than one source line to the clipboard, but only selected a single target line, Teamcenter displays the Select Object for Replace dialog box. Otherwise, it replaces the targets with the sources and updates the find numbers, as appropriate. If you attempt to replace an item or item element with a line of another type, Teamcenter displays an error message and does not replace any of the selected lines.

3. If Teamcenter displays the Select Object for Replace dialog box, select the required source from those listed and click Replace.