Creating resources > Creating resources and adding value for downstream applications > Creating and maintaining resource structures

Create resource structures

Procedure

Create a new or open an existing component that represents the root of the new structure.

Note If you are working on an existing resource structure, you must click the Edit button on the toolbar first.
Add additional components to build up the structure hierarchy. If you add a subassembly as an assembly component, it appears with a different background color to differentiate it from other components. If you loaded the Manufacturing Resource Library:

Begin your search for new components in the customer hierarchy.

If you do not find a required component in the customer hierarchy, search for it in the catalog hierarchy and map the desired ICO to a customer class.
(Optional) Click Propagation to populate the top-level assembly class with specific attributes of individual components within the resource structure.
If you are modifying an existing resource, save your changes with Save or discard the changes with Cancel Edit .