Associating a Part to a PTC FlexPLM Product
To associate a part to a PTC FlexPLM product:
1. Select the parts and appropriate part versions that you want to associate from the search results list.
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You can associate more than one version of a part to a product. Versioned parts can have more than one revision. For example, you can add part versions A.1 and B.1, but you could not add part A.1 and part A.2. The system automatically associates the latest iteration of the part, and updates to the latest iteration when an associated part version is updated. So when part A.1 is updated and becomes part A.2, the association is changed to A.2.
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2. Click Add Existing Parts from the Action menu.
3. The selected parts are added to the product, and the following updates occur:
◦ The product version is iterated to identify that a part has been added to or removed from the product.
◦ The associated parts are displayed in a table on the Associated Parts tab of the product page.
◦ The parts table can be sorted by part name, part number, or version.
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Deleting a product in PTC FlexPLM also deletes the part association links. Copying and moving the PTC FlexPLM product does not impact the part associations. If a user attempts to delete an associated part in Windchill, the action does not complete until the association is removed. The attempt is logged in the Windchill Event Manager.
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Removing a Part from a Product
If you determine that a part was incorrectly associated, or is no longer needed for a product, you can remove the part association.
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If the part you are trying to remove has been associated to one or more specifications, the Remove action does not complete.
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To remove the part association:
1. Navigate to the Parts tab for the product, and select the Associated Parts tab.
2. Select the checkbox next to the part or parts to remove from the Associated Parts table. To remove all parts, select the All checkbox in the table header.
3. Select Remove Selected Parts from the Action menu to remove the part association from the product. The product page is refreshed, the part association is removed from the Associated Parts table, and the product is iterated with a new version number.
