Using the Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser
You use the Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser to view and manage the structure and associative relationships of parts or assemblies within the context of an upstream engineering BOM, and its downstream manufacturing BOM.
To open a part or assembly in the Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser:
1. Navigate to the Windchill MPMLink product folder where your object is stored.
2. Right-click in the object’s row and select > from the menu.
The Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser opens and displays the part structure.
When using
Windchill MPMLink associative part structure browsers, parts and assemblies can be copied and pasted, or dragged and dropped, from the upstream design structure to the downstream manufacturing structure. These actions create
Equivalent Links between upstream and downstream objects which serve to complete
BOM Transformation actions. The upstream filter is taken from the assembly displayed in the upstream structure pane and the downstream filter is taken from the assembly displayed in the downstream structure pane.
You can also use the associative structure browser tabs to perform other ancillary tasks such as:
• Adding parts to the structure
• View and remove equivalent links
• Manage enterprise data
• Work with a visualization representation of the object
• Add documents, process plans and alternate BOMs
Available Actions in the Associative Structure Browser
The following actions are available in the toolbar at the top of the upstream and downstream structure panes.
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Structure Pane Task Toolbars
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Action
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Description
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Editing
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Use to add parts to the selected assembly, or edit the selected part. The Editing action can also be used to perform BOM transformation actions, such as duplicating a part or assembly, or updating an alternate BOM.
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Version Control
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Use to checkin and checkout parts or assemblies.
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Clipboard
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Allows you to cut, copy, and paste objects in the system.
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Viewing
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Allows you to modify the existing display so that you can easily work with selected objects, or display certain types of objects, such as enterprise data.
• Highlight Selected Rows:
Highlights the selected parts in the structure pane, for easier viewing when multiple parts have been selected in a large assembly.
• Clear All Highlighted Rows:
Selects the equivalent part of the selected part in the opposing structure pane.
• Expand by:
Opens a window where you can enter the number of levels (1–12) by which you want to expand selected assembly.
• Show/Hide Specific Information:
Use to select the information to display.
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New/Add
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Use to perform BOM transformation actions, such new downstream parts, BOMs, or branches, and to add enterprise data.
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Filter
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Use to view or change the Path Filters in an Associative Structure Browser. |
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Tools
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Use to view selected parts in either the upstream or downstream display, or in Creo View. You can also use this action to select an existing equivalent part in the other view.
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Refresh
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Updates the structure of the selected object according to the filter.
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Table Views
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The following actions are available in the middle pane toolbar when working in dual structure mode.
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Middle Pane Toolbar
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Action
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Description
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Reconciliation Assistance
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Use to reconcile differences between upstream parts and downstream parts.
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Create Equivalence Link
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Creates an equivalent link between the part selected in the upstream structure pane, and the part selected in the downstream structure pane.
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Create Equivalent Occurrence Link
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Creates an equivalent occurrence link between the part selected in the upstream structure pane, and the part selected in the downstream structure pane.
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Synchronize Structure Associativity
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Updates a downstream BOM structure with the latest information from the upstream BOM to solve basic discrepancies between structures. The following synchronizations are performed:
• Update quantities for all parts in the downstream BOM based on the quantities in the upstream BOM.
• Add and remove parts in the downstream BOM that have been added or removed from the upstream BOM.
• Propagate options and variants from upstream parts to equivalent downstream parts. To change this default behavior, set the Propagate options and variants preference to no.
A message listing identified changes confirms whether you want to proceed.
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If a downstream part cannot be checked out, it skipped and the other downstream parts are synchronized.
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Update Quantity
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Updates a downstream BOM with the usage quantity of an equivalent upstream object. Both the selected upstream and downstream objects must be equivalent.
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This action is only enabled when the structures are displaying usage. If the Show Occurrences icon  is toggled to display occurrences, then Update Quantity is disabled. If the parent object is checked out to another user, then the action cannot be completed. |
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Update Position
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Updates the “out-of-position” status for the selected part occurrence based on the current position of the upstream equivalent.
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Update Assigned Expressions
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Propagates option sets and assigned expressions from the selected upstream object to the selected downstream object.
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Propagation occurs only if an equivalent context is found by the system.
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Show Occurrences and Hide Occurrences
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When selected displays each occurrence of a part as a separate object. If hidden, the number of occurrences of a part can be determined by the Quantity column.
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New Downstream Branch Variant
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Creates a new iteration at a new specified downstream branch, and transforms the selected upstream iteration into the new downstream iteration. The resulting new downstream iteration shares a master with the selected upstream iteration.
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If there are several downstream iterations, select the iteration to use from the list that appears.
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New Downstream Part Variant
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Creates a new part at a specified branch, and transforms the selected upstream part iteration into the new downstream part.
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Assemble As
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Copies an upstream part and pastes it in the downstream BOM. It also creates an equivalent link between the upstream part and downstream part. BOM gets iterated.
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