Need simple tool to capture static structure

[Pekholm]

A common requirement is to "take a picture" of a BOM to be stored as a configuration. The Part Configuration feature is close, but are depending of trace code settings. Baseline is to hard to use, because it will not capture the structure it´s self so you need to configure the structure-filter to get the captured structure.

The main features shall be:

- Capture a product structure with one click (as Part Configuration)

- Captured configuration shall show the static product structure (as Part Configuration)

- No dependencies to trace code (as baseline)

- Compare Captured configuration with any BOM configuration (as baseline)

- Repopulate Captured configuration (as Part Configuration)

- Open Captured configuration in CAD or download to worksppace (as baseline)

- Visualization shall support Captured configuration (as baseline and Part Configuration)

- Link documents to a Captured configuration as verification reports etc. (as Part Instances)

- Share a Captured configuration to ProjectLink

- Support Captured configuration to be exported by ERP Connector.

[DonSenchuk]

How does this idea compare to using Views?

[Pekholm]

Hi Don

Thanks for your comment. Views are used to define an alternative structure (M-Bom, S-BOM). I cant see views fulfilling the requirements above. To achieve a static BOM, all parts has to be defined as view-parts. Each time you need another static structure, you have to define a new view.

BR

Per

[JeffZemsky]

Per - Baselines will satisfy most of the use cases above - support showing in a structure (Baseline config spec), Visualization, collect and add based upon the current Structure (Add to Baseline), use to collect to add to a Project.  This is one of their prime use cases.  As for sending to ERP - we would recommend not using something that has to depend upon discrete naming.  Effectivity is typically more aligned with planning needs for ERP configurations.

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