Floating Defined
Floating is the process that occurs when a user updates an assembly or structure MBOM when a new revision of a part is available. When the user updates the revision, the new revision "floats" to all levels of the MBOM that use the part. Floating occurs only when the new revision is available and the user initiates it.
Who can Apply Floating
All users can see that later revisions are available; however, only users with these roles can float parts to later revisions:
- Design Engineer
- Senior Design Engineer
- VPLMCreator
- VPLMProjectLeader
Enabling Floating
By default, the float feature is enabled. If floating is disabled, contact your administrator.
Replacement of a part with its Latest Revision
You can update a part in an EBOM to the part's latest revision, regardless of whether the revision is released or unreleased.
Whenever you replace a part with its latest revision, remember that:
- If there are multiple higher revisions exist for a given part, the part is updated to the latest revision, regardless of whether the latest revision is released or unreleased.
- A child part will not be updated to an unreleased version if its parent is released.
- The revision is updated only in the BOM that is on screen. No other BOMs in the database are affected.
- You can select which obsolete parts are not updated.
- Updating to later revisions that have FN or RD values different from the current revision is allowed.
Replacement of a Part with its Latest Released Revision
You can update a part in an EBOM to the latest released revision of the part.
Whenever you replace a part with its latest released revision, remember that:
- Parts are replaced with only the latest released part. Unreleased revisions are ignored. However, if the latest revision is unreleased, the revision indicator will continue to be shown after the update.
- The revision is updated only in the BOM that is on screen. No other BOMs in the database are affected.
- Obsolete parts, whether parent or child, are not updated.
- Updating to later revisions that have FN or RD values different from the current revision is allowed.