Redline Structure Panes

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The redline structure pane is located under the actions toolbar, and is divided into two panes. The left pane displays the redline tree or assembly of the BOM and Find in Structure fields. For more information on find in structure, see Find in Structure.

The left pane displays an indented hierarchy of parts representing the structure of a redline. The redline row and each child part row in the structure are identified by the part icon, number, name, and version including the view in parenthesis.

It provides visual indicators for the redline part structure based on the structure annotations.

The right panes contain information organized into tabs such as Attributes, Uses, Occurrences, and Documents for the redline.

You can make more space for the structure information by collapsing the toolbar. Click the collapse icon

on the right side, just below the toolbar.

The structure tree has the same actions described in the Actions Toolbar. The Replace and Revert actions are the additional right-click actions available for the redline:

Action

Description

Replace

Replace with Existing – Opens a window from which you can select an existing part to use as a replacement

Replace with New – Opens the New Part window from which you can create a part to be inserted into the structure as the replacement of the selected part.

This action is similar to the remove and insert action. It does not create a replacement relationship.

Revert

Restores or resets a modified, replaced, or removed part usage link to the original by using the Revert action based on the branch point.

Structure Annotations and Visual Indicators

When you perform any modifications on the redline or child parts, the redline tree and usage table show visual markups with color indicators. The changes in the usage table are also marked with the Change Indicator icons.

The following colors indicate the changes in the redline structure tree and the usage table after modifications in the BOM:

Structure Annotations	Visual Color Indicators	Description
Edit or replace the part	Red	Indicates that the part attributes are modified, or a part usage is replaced with a new or existing one.
Insert part	Green	Indicates that the new part or an existing part is inserted or replaced.
Part modified	Black text red strikethrough	Indicates the old values when the part is modified.
Part removed	Red text red strikethrough	Indicates that the part is removed

Redline Tabs

The right panes contain information organized into tabs and actions for each tab. The following table describes the types of tabs and the information they contain:

Redline Tabs	Description
Attributes	• Displays attribute information about the redline and child part. For more information, see Attributes Tab. • Indicates the modifications with color indicators.
Uses	• Displays the information of parts used in the redline. • Allows to modify, insert new, insert existing, and remove selected part, edit usage attributes, and edit attributes value. For more information on the usage and associated actions, see Uses Tab. • Indicates the modifications with color indicators and change indicator icons.
Occurrences	• Displays information about each usage within an assembly of a redline. • Allows to edit or remove occurrences. For more information on occurrence and associated actions, see Occurrences Tab. • Indicates the modifications with color indicators and change indicator icons.
Replacements	• Displays the Substitutes table for viewing the existing defined substitute parts for the selected part in the BOM redline. • Allows to add, remove, edit parts that are certified to be used as a substitute. For more information, see Replacements Tab.
Documents	Displays information about the documents associated with the parts in a structure. The document information is displayed in a tabular format in the Described By Documents, Reference Documents, and CAD/Dynamic Documents sections. In the Described By Documents and Reference Documents sections, you can view documents associated with a part. For more information, see Documents Tab.