Displaying Alternates and Substitutes

You can display alternates and substitutes for products and parts.

Before you begin: Create alternates and substitutes. For more information about alternates and substitutes, see Social and Collaborative | Multidiscipline Configured Product Development | Engineering Release.
  1. Select a product or a part.
  2. From the Tools section of the action bar, click View Alternates and Substitutes.
    The View Alternates and Substitues panel displays the following columns:
    • Relation Types:
      • Alternate: for the selected product reference
      • Instance Substitute: for the selected product instance (in the context of its parent reference)
      • Reference Substitute: for all the product instances of the selected product instance (in the context of its parent reference)
    • Status: the qualification status of the suggested object
  3. Select another product or part to display information for this object.

    Note: Multiselection is not allowed.