Adding Engineering Items

You can add new or existing manufacturer equivalent items to engineering items.

To access this page, open My Engineering Item. For more information, see Opening Engineering Items.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
My Engineering Assembly Identity Card
My Engineering Item Identity Card

Add New Manufacturer Equivalent Item

You can add a new manufacturer equivalent item to an engineering item.

  1. Select an engineering item.
  2. Click Add > Equivalent Qualification > New Manufacturer Equivalent Item from the toolbar.
  3. Enter the following information:

    Field Name Description
    Title Enter the title of the new manufacturer equivalent item.
    Manufacturer Part Number Enter a required unique manufacturer part number.
    Manufacturer Click to search for and select the required manufacturer.
    Note: Only Active companies display.
    Description Describe the manufacturer equivalent item.
    Part Source Enter the source of the part.
    Part Source URL Enter the part source URL.
    General Qualification
    Qualification Comments Enter any comments for the qualification.
    Preferred Is the manufacturer equivalent item preferred or not? Select Yes or No.

  4. Click Create.

A new manufacturer equivalent item, general qualification, and equivalent qualification are created.

Add Existing Manufacturer Equivalent Item

You can add an existing manufacturer equivalent item to an engineering item.

  1. Select an engineering item.
  2. Click > Equivalent Qualification > Existing Manufacturer Equivalent Item from the toolbar.

    Note: Manufacturer equivalent items in any state display, except Obsolete.

  3. Select a manufacturer equivalent item from 3DSearch.

An Equivalent Qualification is created for the selected combination of manufacturer equivalent item and engineering item. A notification displays and the manufacturer equivalent item details are listed in the Manufacturer Equivalent Item table.