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Part Planner buttons

Button	Purpose
	Triggers a soft abort to the current operation.
	Cuts the selected lines from the structure and places them on the clipboard.
	Copies the selected lines in the structure and places them on the clipboard.
	Pastes the components from the clipboard as children of the currently selected (assembly) line in the structure or into NX.
	Deletes the selected lines from the structure and does not place them on the clipboard.
	Removes the selected lines from the structure completely and does not place them on the clipboard.
	Creates a new process under the selected line in the process structure view. If nothing is selected, this command creates a new root process.
	Inserts a new operation under the selected line in the process structure view.
	Creates a new item under the selected item in the process structure view. If no item is selected, this command creates a new root product.
	Adds a work area to the plant structure. You should only do this in the plant structure view.
	Creates a holder for a collection of occurrences and absolute occurrences in the BOM. An occurrence group typically represents an assembly.
	Reorders the process to reflect a change in the process step numbers.
	Unpacks the selected packed lines so that they are displayed as separate lines, one for each occurrence.
	Packs the selected lines so that all lines with the same item revision and find number are displayed as a single line. The actual quantity of lines appended to the node.
	Adds or edits the occurrence notes of the selected line.
	Opens the Graphical Compare dialog box, allows you to visually compare two revisions of the same structure.
	Opens the Collaboration Context Tree view that displays all the open structures. You can use this view to make structures visible in the structure pane or to unload structures.
	Opens the Classification Search Dialog that you can use to assign a specific resource to a selected line in your structure.
	Browses for and opens a specific structure by name or ID. Click the arrow beside this button to open various types of structures such as a product, process, work area, collaboration context, or structure context.
	Shows a list of your most recently accessed structures. If you select an entry from the list, Teamcenter loads the structure into the structure pane. You can configure the number of entries shown in the MRU list by right-clicking the button and moving the slider to the desired number.
	Adds or removes substitute components or set the preferred substitute. This button is enabled if the selected line may have substitutes, otherwise it is disabled.
	Shows a list of the global alternates available for the selected line. The preferred global alternate is indicated by an asterisk (*).
The following toolbar buttons are only available if you enable incremental change.
	Creates a new incremental change object.
	Searches for a specific incremental change object.
	Displays a list of the most recently used incremental change objects.
	Displays information about the incremental change object.
	Turns off incremental change tracking.
	Sends an incremental change object to My Teamcenter.
The following buttons are found in most views:
	Associates the secondary view to the currently selected primary view or to the view that you select when you click the arrow beside this button.
	Locks the secondary view to the currently selected primary view. The secondary view then does not change its view association if you select a different primary view.
	Changes the association of the secondary view to the currently selected view, even if you have disabled the response to selection.
The following buttons are located in the Collaboration Context Tree view.
	In the Collaboration Context Tree view, makes the structure that you select visible and active in the structure view.
	In the Collaboration Context Tree view, unloads the open structures from all views. The empty views remain open.
	In the Collaboration Context Tree view, unloads all structures from all views. The empty views remain open.
The following buttons are located in the structure views.
	Opens the Graphics view to display visualization data associated with the structure.
	Shows lines that are hidden because they are configured out using variants and options.
	In a process structure view, shows lines that are configured out because they are assigned occurrences that are configured out for any reason in the original structure.
	Shows lines that are configured out because an incremental change associated has an effectivity on it and the lines are not currently effective.
	Shows lines that are configured out because they have an occurrence effectivity associated with them and the lines are not currently effective.
	Displays configuration information about the open structure.
	Enables you to show or hide any related occurrence groups.
The following buttons are located in the Accountability Check view.
	Displays configuration information about the source and target structures.
	Sorts the check results in an order you specify in the dialog box.
	Filters the results by category. Using the filter, you can choose to show all categories or only a selection.
The following buttons are located in the Process Gantt view.
	Scales the chart up or down to accommodate the entire process flow.
	Scales the chart up to show the currently selected time element placed in the middle of chart and taking up most approximately two thirds of the chart.
	Reduces the scale of the chart by a factor of two.
	Enlarges the scale of the chart by a factor of two.
	Copies the calculated duration to the allocated time field in the selected element.
	Unlocks the edit mode enabling you to changes activity duration times by dragging the time bar.
	Shows the calculated duration time. Teamcenter draws a bar across the top of each time element displaying the calculated duration path of the children of this time element.
	Displays the critical path.
	Displays the duration of the critical path.
	Deletes the flow between elements in the Gantt chart.
	Creates a flow between elements in the Gantt chart. The flow represents a chronological relationship between two elements.
The following buttons are located in the PERT view.
	Activates default select mode. You can make single/multiple selection by clicking or by using a rubber band selection, or relocate objects using drag-and-drop.
	Activates draw mode to create single or multiple flows continuously.
	If activated, shows information about assigned parts, resources, and features assigned to the object. If you hover with the mouse over the object, Teamcenter provides more information about the assigned objects.
	Reassigns the find number of all processes currently visible in the PERT chart according to the flow defined. You must define a start number and an increment.
	Removes flows from the PERT chart.
	Searches for a pattern within PERT node texts.
	Finds the next occurrence of the pattern.
	Enlarges PERT graphics.
	Makes PERT graphics smaller.
	Fits all the selected PERT boxes into the PERT chart window. If you do not make a selection, the command fits all boxes into the PERT chart window.
	Adjusts PERT graphics so that one pixel equals one point.
	Zooms into a selected area in the PERT graphics by using a rubber band selection.
	Changes the layout of the PERT chart to one of the following: Hierarchical—Top to bottom Hierarchical—Right to left Hierarchical—Left to right Hierarchical—Bottom to top Hierarchical—Incremental Circular Orthographic Organic
	Aligns selected PERT nodes to the desired position. You can align to the following positions: Left Center Right Top Middle Bottom Distribute horizontally Distribute vertically
	Moves to the parent of the selected node and displays its children in the PERT chart.
	Displays the children of the selected node in the PERT chart.

To format rich text, use the following buttons that are available in the Drafting Symbols tab and the GDT Symbols tab.

Symbol	Description
	Manually refreshes the editing box.
	Adds a frame around the selected characters.
	Bolds the selected text.
	Italicizes the selected text.
	Underlines the selected text.
	Sets the color of the selected text.
	Decreases the size of the selected text.
	Increases the size of the selected text.
	Subscripts the selected text.
	Superscripts the selected text.
	Aligns the selected text.
	Center aligns the selected text.
	Right aligns the selected text.
	Inserts the text you entered in the two boxes to the left of this button.
	Inserts a control frame around the selected characters.