About Derivation

This section explains about derivation and how you can add derivation branch to Model Version and Manufacturing Plan.

With the introduction of Derivation, there is a major evolution for derived objects that is represented by the Main Derivation Chain and for other evolutions of the same object, it is managed by Derivation Chain.

This page discusses:

See Also
Editing Variant/Option Effectivity of an Instance
Specifying Predefined Configurations

Model Version Derivation

Derivation is a new kind of criteria that can be used to express effectivity, applicability or predefined configuration. By default, the Product Line Component (PLC) and Design Manufacturing Plans (CFE) manages the products and the manufacturing plans with linear evolution and the evolution of object is done as revisions. Once a new revision is created, the previous object cannot be evolved further.

The Model Version Derivation represents the derivation tree of all the model versions evolved over a period of time and managed under the same model. This derivation enables you to connect and identify the objects in derivation chain through the derived relationship. For each model, a single main model version relationship is available for identifying the root Model Version, and pointing to the first instance of the model version created under a model.

Manufacturing Plan Derivations

The Manufacturing Plan Derivation represents the derivation tree of Manufacturing Plans within a model managed across all the model versions under the model.

Manufacturing Plan derivation enables you to connect the model version and manage in the context of model through Associated Manufacturing Plan relationship. The first manufacturing plan associated to the Model is connected using Managed Root relationship.

However, in the context of model, the Manufacturing Plans category displays the entire derivation history of all the manufacturing plans that is managed under the model.