Save objects as collaboration contexts

You can save loaded structures, including studies, to a new collaboration context. Teamcenter creates a structure context from each loaded structure that you include in the collaboration context if is not already contained in a structure context.

Procedure

1. Select a root line of an object in the collaboration pane and choose File→Save as→Save as New Collaboration Context.Teamcenter displays the Save as New Collaboration Context dialog box.

2. Type a name and description for the new collaboration context in the Name and Description boxes.

3. Select a type of context from the list. Click More to see a complete list of structure context types. Your administrator can create new collaboration context business objects (types) in the Business Modeler IDE.

4. For each structure in the list on the left that you want to save, enter the following information. Your administrator can change the existing defaults for this information in the Default_StructureContext_Type preference.

Name of the structure context

(Optional) Description

Type of the structure context

Type of the configuration context to be created for this structure context

If the structure is already a part of a structure context, you can see this information when you select the structure in the structure list. Even if a structure is already part of a structure context, Teamcenter creates a new structure context for the structure that is based on the existing one and includes any modifications made to the current structure.

5. (Optional) If you want to save loaded structures to a new collaboration context that captures linked released studies or all studies, review the Include Studies list and select the studies to include.

6. (Optional) Select the Open On Create option to open the new collaboration context in the collaboration pane. Note When you open a new collaboration context, any currently open one is unloaded.

The new collaboration context is opened.

Any root structure that is participating in the new collaboration context is no longer displayed as a separate root, but only as part of the new collaboration context.

Any other collaboration context containing structure context objects that were chosen to participate in the new collaboration context object are unloaded.

7. Click OK.Teamcenter collects all of these structure contexts into the new collaboration context. In addition, it creates a configuration context within the structure context containing the revision and variant rules currently applied to the object. It clones or references the revision and variant rules of the existing structure, according to the following rules:

If the current revision rule is saved as public, it creates a reference to it.

If the current revision rule is modified and not saved, it clones the modified rule to create a private revision rule for the configuration context.

If the current variant rule is saved as public, it creates a reference to it.

If the current variant rule is modified and not saved, it clones the modified rule to create a private variant rule for the configuration context. If the variant rule is cloned, it is not linked to the top line item in the structure.

Each new structure context refers to all of the occurrence groups that have manufacturing views (visible tabs) when you save it.Note If you try to save a structure that is configured by multiple variant rules, you must set the DisableSaveSOS preference to true.