Before users can access the Supersede with New or Supersede with Existing actions, an administrator needs to perform some optional configurations of preferences, access control rules, and object initialization rules.

You can set a preference to add the superseded part to the Resulting Objects table on a Change Task. This Copy Superseded Parts to Resulting Data Table preference is available from thePreference Management utility for site and organization administrators.

By default, all out-of-the-box profiles grant visibility to the supersede actions. You can modify the out-of-the-box profiles to limit availability of these actions to users in only specific profiles. Set action visibility for the following profile action names:

For more information, see Managing Profiles and Editing a Profile.

You can use object initialization rules to set up an alternate naming and numbering algorithm for parts created using the Supersede with New action. The Object Initialization Rules Administration utility is available from the Utilities page of either the Site or Organizations contexts.

To set up an alternate naming algorithm for parts or CAD documents created by a supersede action, edit the object initialization rule file for Part to include the following line:

To set up an alternate numbering algorithm for parts or CAD documents created by a supersede action, edit the object initialization rule file for Part to include the following line:

Customization opportunities related to the supersede actions are available. For more information, see “Customizing Supersede Settings” in the Windchill Customization Guide.