Using the Assembly Assignment Assistant

You can use the Assembly Assignment Assistant to manage assignments of products to items. It is possible to assign, unassign, and reassign products.

Before you begin: Open your session content that must include product and Manufacturing Assembly structures.
  1. Click Assembly Assignment Assistant .
    The Assembly Assignment Assistant dialog box appears.
    Notes:
    • The right-hand and left-hand item lists are filled automatically.
    • The left-hand list initially opens with Not Assigned.
  2. Click an item from the left-hand list and an item from the right-hand list.
    You can now assign, unassign, or reassign products between these two items.
  3. Use the 3D preview to display the products in 3D. The preview offers zoom, pan, and trap selection capabilities.
    Products are implemented by an item. Products that have yet to be implemented are not included in the Products lists.
  4. Use the assignment arrows and to move products between left-hand and right-hand lists. Multiselection is possible.
    The products that are displayed are based on the selected items. If Not Assigned is selected, then the products that are not assigned to any item with respect to the first upper scope are displayed.
    Notes:
    • If the product is not declared as Manufacturable/Procurable, it does not appear in the Available Products list and the 3D viewer.
    • On the right-hand side, the Available and Selected boxes display the number of products that are available and clicked in the list. Similarly, on the left-hand side, the Assigned, and Selected boxes display the number of products that are assigned and clicked in the list. These boxes are updated on each user interaction.
  5. Click Close when the assignments are complete.

 

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