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Additional Windchill MPMLink specific preferences can be found in the Preference Management utility, under the PSE node.
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Additional Windchill MPMLink specific preferences can be found in the Preference Management utility, under the PSE node.
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Preference
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Description
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Default View
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The structure view specified is used by the default configuration specification to expand objects in Windchill MPMLink explorers, or when viewing the structure in Windchill HTML pages. For example, to display Design or Manufacturing objects.
For Windchill Arbortext Content Manager it is recommended that you set this preference to Manufacturing.
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Number of Most Recently Used Entries
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The number of objects you have recently opened in a Windchill MPMLink explorer display at the bottom of the File menu. You can click on a object in this list to open it in an explorer without having to browse the database for it.
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Multi Value Separator
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The separator character(s) used when displaying multiple values in a single field. The default character is a semicolon (;).
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Look And Feel
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The appearance of a Windchill MPMLink Explorer user interface.
Select Windows for a Windows appearance.
Select Windchill for a Windows appearance using a color palette compatible with Windchill.
Select Metal for a Java Metal appearance.
Select CDE/Motif for a UNIX appearance.
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Measurement System
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The measurement system that you want to work with in Windchill MPMLink Explorers: SI, USCS, CGS, or MKS.
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Check-out At Creation
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Select No if you do not want objects to be automatically checked out when they are created.
Select Yes if you want objects to be automatically checked out when they are created.
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Open in New Windows
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Select Always if you want the system to open a new Windchill MPMLink explorer when opening a new structure.
Select Never if you always want a new structure to replace the structure you are currently viewing in an explorer.
Select Ask if you want the system to prompt you each time, so you can select whether or not you want to open a new Windchill MPMLink explorer.
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Automatically Select Top Node
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Select Yes if you want the Windchill MPMLinkwindow to open with the top assembly object of the structure selected. The tabs in the right pane will populate with the information for the selected object.
Select No if you do not want any object selected when the Product Structure Explorer opens.
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Reset Warning/Information Dialogs
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In some explorer messages, you have the option to select a check box to hide future warnings or messages. If you had selected the check box, click Reset to begin displaying the warnings and messages again.
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Reset Column/Window Layout Preferences
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If you modified the column details in any of the tables in the explorer, click Reset to return to the default display.
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Display All Linked Iterations In Iteration Tables
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Select True if you want the system to display every iteration of an object that is linked to the selected object.
Select False if you do not want the system to display every iteration of an object that is linked to the selected object. Only the iteration that matches the configuration specification is displayed.
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Default Selection For Update Usage Options
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When set to True processes downstream usages for which at least one valid occurrence link can be found to an upstream BOM.
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Default Upstream View
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer and the Manufacturing Resource Explorer only. Sets the default filter criteria to be displayed when viewing an upstream object.
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Default Downstream View
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer and the Manufacturing Resource Explorer only. Sets the default filter criteria to be displayed when viewing a downstream object.
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Pasting Parts
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Indicates how parts copied to the clipboard should be pasted into a new location:
• Select Paste as Uses Link to paste the object into it's new location.
• Select Paste with Associative BOM Links to paste the object into its new location and create associative links to the BOM. For more information, see Paste with Associative BOM Links.
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Part Allocation Status Enabled
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Select True if you want the Structure pane to display a part's allocation status indicator (allocated or not allocated to an operation in a process plan).
Select False if you do not want the Structure pane to display a part's allocation status indicator to an operation (allocated or not allocated to an operation in a process plan).
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Default Process Plan Selection
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Selects the associated process plans that are used by default for part allocation analysis (allocated to an operation, not allocated to an operation).
• Select All if you want to use all associated process plans.
• Select All (except Phantom Manufacturing Parts) if you want to use all associated process plans, with the exception of process plans that are related to phantom manufacturing parts.
• Select None if you do not want any associated process plans to be selected.
• Select Custom if you want to define a specific way of defining operation part allocation analysis.
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Show BOM Transformation Panel for Assemble as Selected Part
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Select True if you want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble Under New Part option.
Select False if you do not want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble Under New Part option.
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Show BOM Transformation Panel for Assemble as New Branch
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Select True if you want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble as New Branch option.
Select False if you do not want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble as New Branch option.
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Show BOM Transformation Panel for Assemble as New Part
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Select True if you want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble as New Part option.
Select False if you do not want the BOM transformation panel to appear when pasting a part using the Assemble as New Part option.
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Default Assembly Selection
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Applies to the Process Plan Explorer only.
Active manufacturing assemblies are the assemblies which have been designated for use during a specific Process Plan Explorer session. Part allocations are not displayed and allocations cannot be made to operations if no assembly is active.
• Select All if you want to use all assemblies to allocate parts.
• Select None to make all related assemblies inactive.
• Select Custom if you want to define a specific way of selecting assemblies.
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Show Allocations In Tree
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Applies to the Process Plan Explorer only.
Defines the appearance of parts and resources allocated to the operations of a process plan.
• Select Yes to display in the structure pane the parts and resources that have been allocated to process plan operations.
• Select No to hide in the structure pane the parts and resources that have been allocated to process plan operations.
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Display All Context Equivalent Parts
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Applies to the Manufacturing Product Structure Explorer only.
Defines the appearance of equivalent parts in the Equivalent Parts tab.
• Select True if you want to display equivalence links that match upstream or downstream views regardless of the upstream or downstream context of these links.
• Select False if you do not want to display equivalence links that match upstream or downstream views regardless of the upstream or downstream context of these links.
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