Part Types
The Windchill Aerospace and Defense configuration management methodology uses out-of-the-box part types that include all of the properties and attributes that facilitate the product configuration management of Windchill Aerospace & Defense - Configuration Item / Design Solution (CIDSCFG).
The following is a list of the out-of-the-box part types:
• Base Upper Level Part
• Base Configuration Item
• Base Link Object
• Base Design Solution
• Base Lower Level Part
These part types are not instantiable. This means that when you create a new part, you cannot assign it one of the base types. Rather, subtypes represent the actual business objects being managed. Subtypes are children of the base part types and inherit the necessary properties and attributes.
When you create a new part, you select one of the instantiable subtypes to assign to the new part from the Type menu in the New Part window. The subtype determines the necessary properties and attributes for that part. For example, if you are creating a new lower-level part, you select > . The Lower Level Part subtype has inherited properties and attributes from the Base Lower Level Part type and passes those properties and attributes to the new part.