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Options and Variants: Converting Assigned Expressions to Independent Expressions
Product: Windchill PDMLink, Platform Structures
Release: 11.0 F000
Benefit
You can now use a Windchill utility to convert previously created assigned expressions to independent expression. This utility is available only to members of the Platform Structures module.
Additional Details
You can now use a Windchill utility to convert previously created assigned expressions to independent expression. The conversion utility converts only the dependent expressions assigned to usage links and occurrences for the latest iteration of the revisions for parts that have assigned expressions. The utility provides a mechanism for a business administrator to set up a mapping between configurable module life cycle states and independent assigned expressions life cycle states. Once you successfully run this utility, the system is configured to create independent expressions only.
To convert dependent expressions, use the com.ptc.windchill.option.tools.ConvertToIndependentExpression utility.
For more information, see Converting Assigned Expressions to Independent Expressions.
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This utility is available only to members of the Platform Structures module.