Designing process structure > Creating product structures > Authoring MBOM

Create an MBOM from a recipe

You can automatically create an MBOM based on a recipe. A recipe consists of search criteria saved on each node of an MBOM template that define the parts to assign to that specific node.

Beginning with an MBOM template that contains phantom levels, you define a recipe for each part that is to be manufactured. When you run the search, Teamcenter searches in the specified EBOM for parts that fulfill the criteria and assigns them to the MBOM.

Unless a cloning rule is set up to ignore MBOM recipes, wWhen you clone an MBOM that contains recipes, Teamcenter clones the recipes as well.

Procedure

Open the MBOM template on which you want to save recipes.

This MBOM must already be linked to an EBOM structure.

Right-click a node on which you want to save a search criteria and choose Open With→BOM Recipes.
In the BOM Recipes view, click Create/Update Recipe .
In the BOM Recipe Details view, enter a name for the search and the search criteria that describe the parts that you want to add to the MBOM at the selected node.

What you enter as search criteria is company-specific but may include usage address, position designator, or a function-based numbering scheme making up the ID.

You can add multiple criteria to one search box by separating them with a semicolon.

Click Validate BOM Recipe .

Teamcenter runs the search on the EBOM and lists the parts that fulfill the search criteria in the BOM Recipe Validation Results view. Use this step to verify that you have entered the correct criteria.

In the BOM Recipe Details view, click Create New Recipe .

Teamcenter lists the new recipe in the BOM Recipes view. You can save multiple recipes on an MBOM node.

Do one of the following:

To resolve one node of the MBOM template, select the recipe in the BOM Recipes view and click Resolve BOM Recipe .

To resolve multiple nodes of the MBOM template, select a node in the MBOM template and choose Tools→Resolve BOM Recipe.

In the Resolve BOM Recipe dialog box, select whether to remove the previously assigned parts and click OK. If you open the dialog box from the Tools menu, you can choose to resolve all nodes underneath the selected node by selecting Resolve recipe recursively.

Teamcenter adds the parts from the EBOM that fulfill the search criteria to the MBOM.

Additionally, the resolved parts are listed under the recipe in the BOM Recipes view.

Results

You cannot directly copy a BOM recipe. You can, however, select a recipe in the BOM Recipes view, and then select a different node in the MBOM. The search criteria are still visible in the BOM Recipe Details view where you can save them as a new recipe on a different MBOM node.