About Libraries of Component Families

Managing the libraries of component families gives you a more straightfoward approach to managing PLM attributes.

Using this function, you can take advantage from the Library Browser to quickly search and instantiate general components classified in general libraries and classes.

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Managing Libraries of Component Families

In addition to VPM Catalogs, you can classify families with the use of central Libraries.

The classification command makes it possible to search for libraries and library classes. When selected, a list of attributes is displayed and lets you map family columns to the relative attributes if their type is compliant.

The creation of the classification:

  • automatically valuates attributes of classified objects with respect to the defined mapping
  • persists the mapping definition in the family so that future use is facilitated by eliminating the need to define a map every time.

You can choose to fill the Library with unresolved or resolved elements.

Note: If Fill class with resolved models is not selected, only the Family Items (PLM Connection) are stored.