Working with Structure Editor


Structure Editor - Teamcenter displays objects and their referenced documents in a navigable user interface. You can easily select which documents get copied or revised and then saved as new documents stored in Teamcenter items. This functionality is also known as cloning.

Copying and revising managed assemblies

When you add an assembly to Teamcenter, it becomes a managed document. The Structure Editor allows you to copy or revise managed assembly structures. You can open a single document for copying or revising. Since the original document does not change during either of these operations, it is not checked out of the database.

When you open an existing assembly in Structure Editor, the structure of the existing assembly is placed in the upper-left and upper-right panes of the Structure Editor window. The initial display of the structure shows only the first-level files. You can expand the levels individually or expand them all. Applying an action to one occurrence of a file within a structure applies the action to all occurrences of the file throughout the structure, even if they are not expanded.

Note:

You cannot process actions in Structure Editor while working in QY CAD. You should close QY CAD before starting Structure Editor.

Managing assemblies in Structure Editor

There are different ways to revise and copy QY CAD assembly structures. You can use a manual process for cloning an assembly or you can use other mechanisms to do such things as rename or move assembly structures. Because information is being shared and used between assemblies, maintaining the relationship information between these assemblies can be complex.

Structure Editor has commands such as Save As All, Save As Selected, Revise All, Revise Selected, Where Used, and Cache Assistant that help you manage assembly structures.

Typical workflow for QY CAD assemblies in Structure Editor

Structure Editor provides a workflow that copies your assemblies.

A typical workflow for copying an entire QY CAD assembly is:

  1. Create an assembly in QY CAD and save the assembly to Teamcenter.

  2. Open the assembly in Structure Editor using an appropriate Revision Rule and Variant Rule.

  3. In the left pane of the Structure Editor window, select the files from the structure you want to copy.

  4. Use the Save As All command to save them to a new filename.

    Note:

    The Item ID, Revision and Item Name fields of the new document are blank since they will get new item numbers.

  5. (Optional) Select Run Teamcenter Validations.

  6. Use the Perform Actions command to complete the transaction or save it for processing at a later time.

This video demonstrates how to perform some of the most common functions of Structure Editor.

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