Managing Product to Item Assignments

If an Item-Product scope exists, you can assign one or more products to a selected item using the Assignment Manager command. You can also unassign products that are already assigned to the item. The products that are available for assignment are derived from the Item-Product scope definition.

This task shows you how to:

Assign Products to Items That Implement Products Directly
Assign Products to Items That Implement Products Indirectly

Before you begin: Open your data, which must contain product and manufacturing assembly structures.

Assign Products to Items That Implement Products Directly

You can assign products to items such as Provided Part or Fasten steps that implement products directly.

From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Assignment Manager .
Select a Provided Part or a Fasten step.
The Assignment Manager panel appears with the Product to Item Assignment tab selected. It lists assigned and assignable products of the selected item.
Notes:
- All the products that are listed are derived from the Item-Product scope definition.
- You can change the active object by double-clicking an assigned object. After double-clicking an object in the panel, it is also highlighted in the tree and the main 3D.
Assigned Products Area

It lists the products that are already assigned to the selected item. In the example above, one product is already assigned.

You can also display or exclude any assigned fasteners in the list by clicking Display fasteners .

Assignable Products Area

The Unassigned Products tab lists the products that are not assigned, but can be assigned to the selected item.

The Other Assigned Products tab lists the products that are already assigned to other items. These can also be assigned to the selected item.

Note: The Requirement to Item Assignment tab is used for managing requirements on items and operations. For more information, see About Requirements.
You can manage the assignments as follows:
- Assign a product: from the Assignable Products area, click a product in the Unassigned Products list to assign it to the item by clicking Assign Selected Product . The product is added to the list in the Assigned Products area.
- Unassign a product: from the Assigned Products area, click a product in the list to unassign it from the item by clicking Unassign Selected Product . The product is added to a list in the Assignable Products area.
- Filter attribute content: click Filter to filter the content of one or several attribute columns. A blank box appears in which you can specify the data to filter. Then, if you select a column header, the entire column is filtered. To deactivate the filter(s):
  - On one column: click Filter again
  - On all columns: click Clear All Filters.
- Customization: click Attributes Customization to customize attribute columns.
- Panel layout: click Change Layout to switch the layout from vertical to horizontal.
Notes:
- If the product is not declared as Manufacturable/Procurable, it does not appear in the Assignable Products lists.
- When clicking parts in the Assignment Manager panel, they are crossed highlighted in the tree and on the tiles of the Item Editor.
Close the Assignment Manager panel to save any modifications made to the assignments.

Assign Products to Items That Implement Products Indirectly

You can assign products to items such as Manufacturing Assembly, Manufactured Material, or Manufacturing Kit that implement products indirectly. Those types of items aggregate items that implement products.

From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Assignment Manager .
Select a Manufacturing Assembly, Manufactured Material, or Manufacturing Kit.
The Assignment Manager panel appears with the Product to Item Assignment tab selected. It lists assigned and assignable products of the selected item.
Notes:
- All the products that are listed are derived from the Item-Product scope definition.
- You can change the active object by double-clicking an assigned object. After double-clicking an object in the panel, it is also highlighted in the tree and the main 3D.
Assigned Products Area

It lists the products that are already assigned to the selected item. In the example above, one product is already assigned.

You can also display or exclude any assigned fasteners in the list using the Display fasteners check box.

Assignable Products Area

The Unassigned Products tab lists the products that are not assigned, but can be assigned to the selected item.

The Other Assigned Products tab lists the products that are already assigned to other items. These can also be assigned to the selected item.

Note: The Requirement to Item Assignment tab is used for managing requirements on items and operations. For more information, see About Requirements.
You can manage the assignments as follows:
- Assign a product: from the Assignable Products area, click a product in the Unassigned Products list to assign it to the item by clicking Assign Selected Product . The product is added to the list in the Assigned Products area.
  Note: When you assign a product selected from the Other Assigned Products list, it creates a new item with an implement link to the product at the targeted position. The previously existing item remains in the MBOM structure but its implement link to the product is removed.
- Assign already assigned products: from the Assignable Products area, click an already assigned product in the Other Assigned Products list to assign it again to the item by clicking Assign Selected Product .
  Note: After this new assignment, you get two items implementing the same product.
- Unassign a product: from the Assigned Products area, click a product in the list to unassign it from the item by clicking Unassign Selected Product . The product is added to a list in the Assignable Products area.
- Delete a Provided Part or a Fasten step that implements the selected product by clicking .
- Filter attribute content: click Filter to filter the content of one or several attribute columns. A blank box appears in which you can specify the data to filter. Then, if you select a column header, the entire column is filtered. To deactivate the filter(s):
  - On one column: click Filter again
  - On all columns: click Clear All Filters.
- Customization: click Attributes Customization to customize attribute columns.
- Panel layout: click Change Layout to switch the layout from vertical to horizontal.
Notes:
- If the product is not declared as Manufacturable/Procurable, it does not appear in the Assignable Products lists.
- When clicking parts in the Assignment Manager panel, they are crossed highlighted in the tree and on the tiles of the Item Editor.
Close the Assignment Manager panel to save any modifications made to the assignments.