Part Consumption

This page describes the options that determine the behavior of:

Part Relations
The arrow buttons above allow you to add and remove relation types to and from the list of Relations to check. The List Associated Activities of Product command uses the relations in the Relations to check column when determining the associated activities to display.

DThe default value is that no relations are in the Relations to check column.

Highlight Unassigned Parts
The color selected from this list box determines the color of unassigned parts in the 3D window.

Check Assignment of Hierarchical Parents

If you select this this check box, the selected product structure will be considered assigned if one of its hierarchical parent is assigned to any activity.

Check Assignment of Child Parts

When you select this check box, the selected product's children's assignment are checked independently for assignment in the part consumption analysis. In cases where the selected part has children and both the options are selected, then the first option has priority.

The following example illustrates these two options.

Product1 has three children:

  • Part1.1
  • Part2.1
  • Part 3.1

Product1 has been assigned to an activity using a relation that has been selected in Part Relations area. This relation is considered for Part Consumption Analysis. The table belows provides how the command considers part assignment when performing Part Consumption Analysis:

Neither check box is selected Only the direct assignment of selected product is considered. Consequently, only Product1 is considered assigned; all its three children are considered unassigned.
Only Check Assignment of Hierarchical Parents is selected Product1 and also all its three children are considered assigned since their hierarchical parent product is assigned.
Only Check Assignment of Child Parts is selected Only Product1 is considered assigned and its children are shown as unassigned since they are not directly assigned to any activity.
Both check boxes are selected : In this case, the first option has priority in deciding the assigned/unassigned parts. Therefore, Product1 along with its three children are considered assigned products.
DThe default value is that neither box is checked.

Show Effectivity on Relation
 
To display an effectivity in the dialog box, select Show effectivity on relation and the desired effectivity (Line effectivity in the example). Only one effectivity can be shown at a time.

DThe default value is that the check box is not checked.

Attributes on Relations
To be able to specify and/or change attribute values in DPM, select the specify values on creating product to process relation check box.

DThe default value is that the check box is not checked.

Modification Table
This option enables you to switch between the new and old behavior for the Modification Table.

If you have selected the check box Modification Table based on update state of product, the modification table is updated with the new behavior: it uses the value set by the bridge for each part and fastener.

If you have not selected the check box Modification Table based on update state of product, the modification table is updated as before with the old behavior: parts and fasteners are updated according to their status (new, modified, or deleted).

DThe default value is that the check box is not checked.