About Synchronization Manager

The Synchronization Manager is in the Authoring section and it is available only when there is a scope link between root item and system.

There are 2 tab pages (Item and System-Operation) in the panel and the Item page is shown by default. Another page System-Operation shows the system-operation structure. This tree view shows either items or systems/operations corresponding to the selected page with implementing/implemented object, status, and action through 4 columns.

Compute

All rows in the tree view are not computed by default. Hence, you have to compute the rows using Compute. If there is no selection in the tree view, all rows compute. But if there are selections, then only selected rows compute. When a selected object is assembly or system type, then its direct/indirect children compute.

Compute selected leaf rows: Compute only selected leaf rows.
Compute selected parent rows: Compute direct/indirect its children rows.
Compute all rows when there is no selection.

Status and Action in Synchronization Manager

After computation, there could be different status and action values corresponding to PLM object type.


	Status	Action
Item Case	Up-To-Date		None
Item Case	New A item does not have implementing operation.	Create: Creates an operation and assign the item to the operation.	None
Operation Case	Up-To-Date		None
	Deleted An operation does not have an implemented item.	Delete; Deletes an operation in the session.	None
	Revised An operation has an implemented item but not in the current session.	Reroute: Remove the inconsistent implement link and create a new implement link with the BSF family object.	None
System Case	Up-To-Date		None
	Directly Impacted One of the direct children rows is not up-to-date status.	Update: Perform the actions of direct children.	None
	Indirectly Impacted Directly impacts one of the direct children rows.	Update: Perform the actions of direct children.	None

Redo/Undo Management

Synchronization Manager lists the lifecycle of the PLM objects. Whenever creating or deleting objects (item or system/operation) by redo/undo commands, the tree view updates accordingly.

For example, a general operation generates under the root system. As soon as it generates, a row for the newly generated operation adds to the tree view.

After launching the Undo command, the newly generated operation is removed from the session and tree view as well.

After launching the Redo command, the deleted operation is restored in the session and tree view. After launching undo/redo commands, the computed rows lose the status, and action information.

When a PLM attribute (the title of the system/operation reference) is modified through the Attributes panel or Properties dialog, the modification reflects the tree view also.

For example, there is a general operation General Operation_Plate1 under the sub system Job 1 and change the title of general operation reference to General Operation_Plate2 through the Properties dialog.

As soon as its title is modified, the label corresponding to the operation in the tree view immediately updates without any interaction like Compute or Synchronize.

Note: This update also manages by Undo/Redo.

Context Menus

Three context menus are available in the tree view:

Expand All: Expand all children rows of a selected row.
Collapse All: Collapse all children rows of a selected row.
Reframe On: Reframe a highlighted 3D part in the auxiliary viewer.

Filter

Filtering by the title is available in Synchronization Manager.

In the line editor, enter any keyword to filter.

Then the rows, which contain the corresponding keyword filter immediately.

Note: If the child node has the filter keyword, then the parent node appears even if the parent node does not have a filter keyword. As this keeps the tree hierarchy.

To restore the filtered rows, the user has to either click Clear or remove all characters in the line editor.

Preferences

Preferences for Synchronization Manager are shown when clicking Preferences and it is locates on the upper-right side of the panel.

Change the opacity value of the panel - Changing the opacity value of the panel by dragging the slider temporarily. Moving the panel or the panel focuses on, the transparency of the panel that it restores.
Specify the default tab page - As mentions above, and the Item tab page is defined to the default when Synchronization Manager starts. However, it is available to change the default tab page to System-Operation using this option.
Cross highlighting - There is an option for cross highlighting capability and this is off by default. Select Activate Cross Highlighting when you want to highlight between selected rows in the tree view and PLM objects in the session. When you select an item or system/operation from the tree or tile, a row corresponding to the selected object highlights the tree view.

Customization Dialog

Customization Dialog is available and it is located next to the line editor. It allows add/remove to the columns for PLM attributes and modifies its values. Added columns show Unknown values for the rows that are not computed.

This also shows PLM attributes based on PLM objects in the tree view. For example, if the selected tab page is Item then all the PLM attributes of the item show in this dialog.

If it is a modifiable attribute, then use the editor box to modify the value. This appears when double-click in a cell. To apply the modified value, press the Enter key or click another row.