Managing Groups

You can use commands in the item editor to create and manage groups and subgroups of items.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Load your manufacturing assembly structure in the item editor.
See Also
About Groups

Create a Group

You can use the Insert Group command to group items, such as Manufacturing Assembly, Manufactured Material, Manufactured Part and Manufacturing Kit, and other groups.

  1. Select the root item in the item editor and select Expand First Level .


  2. Right-click the root item and select Insert Group .
    A new tile is displayed representing the group.

    Note: The data requirement link is gray when a group is created. The group is empty at this stage.
  3. Drag and drop two Manufacturing Assemblies on the group tile.
    The two assemblies are included in the group.
    Note: If the tile is collapsed, the 3D representation of the two assemblies is displayed on the tile.


  4. Click Expand at the top of the group tile.
    The tile is expanded.

  5. Select the Manufacturing Assembly tile with the 3D representation and select Expand First Level .
    The Manufacturing Assembly is expanded inside the group.

  6. Right-click the group tile and select Delete.
    The group is deleted.
    Note: The original Manufacturing Assembly is not modified and no item has been deleted.

Create Subgroups

You can create subgroups of items using the drag and drop capability.

  1. Create a group as shown below.


  2. Drag and drop the Manufacturing Assembly on the group tile.
    The selected assembly and child Provided Part are included in the group.

  3. Drag and drop the Provided Part on the group tile.


  4. Create a new group as shown below.


  5. Click Collapse at the top of the first group tile.


  6. Drag and drop the Manufacturing Assembly on the second group.


    The selected assembly, its child items, and the first group are all included in the second group.

    The first group is now a subgroup of the second group.