If no numbering scheme exists (or if you want to customize the numbering scheme for these object types in the target Windchill contexts), you can create a new object initialization rule in Windchill.

Numbers for FORAN object types are generated through the object initialization rules defined for these types at the target context or at the parent-level context. If no object initialization rules are present for the FORAN object at the respectiveWindchill target context, then the rules defined for the parent object types (WTPart,WTDocument) at the target context (inherited from the parent level – Organization or Site – if not defined at target context level) are inherited to generate numbers. Windchill loads a default numbering scheme with autonumbering for parts and documents. If this scheme has not been disabled, numbers are generated from those rules.

Usually, Windchill Object Initialization Rules are used to generate autonumbers for FORAN Business Objects – also referred to as DS parts and Windchill Configuration Items. However for Interim Product parts, the number will be taken from FORAN, which is the absolute path in the FBUILDS tree.

For additional information on customizing the numbering scheme, see “Object Initialization Rules” in the Windchill Help Center.