Linking new items to design variants

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

  1. Select Capture Design Variants from the PLM drop down menu. The PLM-Select Design Variants dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select a specific row of design variants you want to link to item.
  3. Click Link Items. The PLM - Set Object Properties dialog box is displayed.

    The behavior of the PLM - Set Object Properties dialog is determined by the Manual Id for Items preference. If the Manual ID is selected, the user will be able to enter values for the Item ID and Revision fields while the radio button is set to New as shown in the above figure.

  4. Select the New radio button, and enter the required item ID and revision.

    Note that if the Manual ID for Items option is selected in your preferences, the Item ID and Revision fields are available. For further information, see Setting 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 PLM-Select Design Variants dialog box.
  8. Save the file to PLM. See Saving to PLM.