Managing Broken Asset Links

The link between an asset and an experience object can sometimes be broken. To manage the broken link, you can use the Manage Asset Links panel.

You can manage links between assets and the following experience objects:

  • Product actors (or subproduct actors)
  • Product animations
  • Material resources and exposed material applications.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open your experience.
Note: When you open the experience, the product actor and its behaviors still exist even if the links are broken.
See Also
About the Manage Asset Links Panel
Opening the Manage Asset Links Panel
Highlighting Broken Experience Objects
Displaying Objects that Reference Broken Experience Objects

Manage Broken Actor Links

You can repair a broken subproduct actor or root actor by linking it with another asset.

  1. To link a subproduct actor with another asset, click Repair > Reassign Product Subactor in the Manage Assets Links panel, and do one the following:
    • In the tree, select exposed parts or subproducts of a product actor.
    • In the tree, right-click the subproduct actor and select Repair > Reassign.
    • In the 3D area, select a product structure and click Level Selector to select a part.
    • If suggestions are available in the Manage Assets Links panel, select the asset in the list, and click .
    • If no suggestion is available in the Manage Assets Links panel, click .
  2. To link the root actor with another asset, click Repair > Reassign in the Manage Assets Links panel, and do the following:
    1. In the Search box of the top bar, enter a search criteria to find physical products and press Enter.
    2. In the Search panel, click the physical product that you want to link with the root actor.

    Notes:
    • You can also access the Reassign command from the tree. To do so, right-click the actor. Under Asset Management, click Repair > Reassign.
    • You can also delete a broken exposed subproduct actor if no longer used in the experience. For more information, see Deleting Broken Experience Objects.

    When you link the root actor with a new asset, some links can break.

Remove Exposed Subactors

To repair broken links, you can remove exposed subactors.

To remove exposed subactors, do one of the following:
  • In the Manage Assets Links panel, click Repair > Remove Exposition
  • In the tree, right-click the actor and select Remove Exposition or Repair > Remove Exposition.

Manage Product Animation Links

You can repair a broken product animation by linking it with another asset.

  1. To link a product animation with another asset, do one of the following:
    • In the tree, right-click a product animation and select Repair > Reassign.
    • If suggestions are available in the Manage Assets Links panel, select the asset in the list, and click .
    • If no suggestion is available in the Manage Assets Links panel, click .
  2. In the Reassign Product Animation panel, select the asset you want to reassign to the product animation, and then click Reassign.

    Notes:
    • The panel only displays product animations that you have not exposed yet.
    • You can only select one product animation from the list.

Tip:
  • You can modify the properties of a broken product animation. The Duration and Preview properties are unavailable until you link the broken product animation with a new asset.
  • You can also delete a broken product animation if no longer used in the experience. For more information, see Deleting Broken Experience Objects.

Manage Broken Material Links

You can repair a broken material by linking it with another asset.

To link a material with another asset, click Repair > Reassign in the Manage Assets Links panel, and do the following:
  1. In the Search box of the top bar, enter a search criteria to find PLM materials and press Enter.
  2. In the Search panel, click the material that you want to link with the asset.
Notes:
  • You can also click to manually reassign an asset with the broken material.
  • You can also delete a broken material resource if no longer used in the experience. For more information, see Deleting Broken Experience Objects.
  • You cannot repair a material included in a shared template or a material application applied to an actor template. In the Manage Assets Links panel, the material and material application are grayed out. In the Status column, the following icon indicates that the item is broken but cannot be repaired.

For more information repairing broken material links and their applications, see Broken Material Links Management.