Specialized User Capabilities > Part Structures > Associating Parts to Products > Viewing Part Data
  
Viewing Part Data
To view more details about a part:
1. Select the Associated Parts tab while on the Parts tab of the Product page.
2. Select a part from the Parts table.
3. The Structure tab for the part appears to display more details about the selected part.
4. Information about basic part attributes data, child parts, part visualization, and usage information is available in the Structure tab. Select the appropriate tab for the part information you want to view. If you select View Information from the action menu, the information page for that part opens in a new browser window.
Available Actions
The Structure tab allows you to view or filter the part information for the parts associated to your product.
Action Set
Actions
View
Actions that change the information displayed in part instance structures.
Show/Hide allows you to select related information to display in the part structure. Select one or more parts in the structure pane and click the show/hide icon to display the Show/Hide Related Information window. From this window you can select the following:
• Documents
• CAD Documents
• Replacement Parts
Click OK to see the related objects displayed directly beneath the selected parts in the part instance structure.
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The Show/Hide Related Information action is also provided on the right-click menu for a selected part.
The views icon provides the ability to change the columns displayed in the structure pane. Select a previously defined view from the list or create a new view using Manage Structure Views. For more information, see “Customizing Table Views” in the Windchill Help Center.
The display icon provides the ability to change how parts are displayed within the part structure. The following actions are available in the menu:
• Select All—selects and highlights all parts displayed in the structure so that other actions can be performed.
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Parts that are not expanded and visible in the structure are not selected.
• Refresh—displays the part instance structure showing the base part and the first level child parts.
Filter
Actions to view and edit the filters used to display the part instance structure.
• Edit Filter—defines a configuration specification filter for a part instance structure.
• Current Filter—shows the filter parameters applied to the part instance structure. Hovering over the icon provides a summary of the parameters. Clicking the icon provides a full description of the applied filter settings.
• Saved Filters—applies a previously created filter.
Filtering Part Views
PTC FlexPLM allows the use of Windchill filters to change the parts that are displayed in the PTC FlexPLM part structure browser that appears in the Structure tab. Current and saved filters can be applied to limit the number of parts that appear in the part structure browser. For additional detail about part structure filters, see “Editing a Structure Filter” in the Windchill Help Center.
PTC FlexPLM users can also change what is shown in the part structure browser through the use of the Show/Hide, Views, and Display buttons with the part structure browser ribbon.
Identifying Where Used for Part Associations
When making changes to a part, it is helpful to know which products use specific parts. To identify where parts are used:
1. Navigate to the part information page and select the Where Used tab.
2. The Where Used tab displays a table for that part, listing where that part and its other versions are used within PTC FlexPLM products.
3. Clicking the product version link brings you to the product details page.