Manually link new items to design variants

To manually link new items to design variants, proceed as follows:

  1. Select Capture Design Variants from the PLM menu. The Select Design Variants dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select the variants to be linked.
  3. Click Link Items. The Add Design Variant dialog box is displayed.
  4. Click New radio button, and enter the required item ID and revision.

    Note that if the Automatic ID Entry option is selected in your preferences, the Item ID: and Revision: fields are unavailable. For further information, see Introducing PLM preferences.

  5. Click OK. The item is linked to the selected variant.
  6. To link more variants, click Apply and continue with Step 4.
  7. Click OK in the Select Design Variants dialog box.
  8. Save the file to PLM. See Saving to PLM.