Creating a Minor Revision

You can capture a particular minor derivation of an object during its lifecycle. The New Minor Revision command is similar to the New Revision command.

Recommendation: Do not create minor revisions.

When you revise an object, a new object of the same type is created along with all the same relationships and attributes as the one you created the revision from. Some attributes such as maturity and lock status are reset, the new revision is in the initial state and is unlocked.

Required access roles: Reader, Contributor, Author, Leader, Owner. For more information, see Collaborative Lifecycle Access to Content.

Before you begin:
  • By default, you cannot create minor revisions. The administrator of the platform must activate Minor Revisions commands. For more information, see Configuring Lifecycle and Collaboration Commands.
  • You can create minor revisions from any revision or minor revision of an object that already has a minor revision ID. For more information, see About Revision Formats.
  • Select all connected objects together to duplicate the connections and move them to the new objects. Otherwise, the new objects will remain connected to the initial object. For more information, see Relation Management.

Context: The following diagram shows examples of minor revisions:

  1. Select the objects you want to revise.
  2. From the Compass, click Collaborative Lifecycle.
  3. From the Lifecycle section of the action bar, click New Minor Revision .

    The New Minor Revision command can be run from a Navigation tab, from an Authoring tab, or from a Search Result tab.

    The New Minor Revision dialog box appears.

    When you create a new minor revision, a part is a separate entity from its reusable representations (such as 3DShape) and therefore they need to be revised separately.

    If you selected several objects, all the content to be revised is displayed as well as all required content automatically added to the scope (for example Representation of a 3DPart).

    The Applicability date field is optional. You can enter a date to indicate the validity of this revision in the Applicability date box by clicking the calendar. The value you enter is only used for information purposes. The Applicability date box may not be displayed depending on your setup; it is shown only when the Applicability date attribute is shown in the Search Results.

  4. Click OK to create the new minor revision.

    A message indicates that the new minor revision creation was successful.

    Depending on the type of the initial tab, a new Navigation tab or a new Search Result appears with the new minor revisions. Multiple tabs can be displayed if unconnected objects were initially selected.

    If the initial tab was an Authoring tab, no new tab appears with the new revisions.

    No further save action is required.

    Warning:

    • When creating a minor revision from an authoring tab, the previous minor revision remains open. If you make changes, saving them overwrites the previous minor revision, or is refused.
    • Creating a new minor revision of an object can be done if:
      • the object belongs to the local site.
      • the latest revision of the object belongs to the local site.
      • the latest revision is in a maturity state that authorizes revising.
      • the object is "physical controlled" if generated from an EBOM Part.

    Note:
    • Depending on your setup, the newly created minor revision may become the Best So Far minor revision. In this case, the new minor revision is automatically retrieved when reopening the product structure.
    • If you create a minor revision of a 3D part that is instantiated under multiple products in an assembly, all the instance get replaced by the latest minor revision in the product structure.
    • To display all minor revisions, you can use the Advanced Search. For more information, see About 3DSearch Queries.