3DEXPERIENCE Lifecycle Operations

The Lifecycle section provides commands for managing the object lifecycle.

This page discusses:

3DEXPERIENCE Lifecycle Operations on a Physical Product (Item)

The table below explains which commands you can use on an object from Product Structure Editor, LifeCycle widget, and MySession. (Yes = Available and supported, Yes but not supported = Available but not supported, No = Not available):

LifeCycle operation from Product Structure Editor action bar LifeCycle operation from LifeCycle widget LifeCycle operation from MySession action bar LifeCycle operation from context menu in MySession
Maturity (for more information, see 3DEXPERIENCE Dashboard Apps | Lifecycle | Changing Maturity Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Revision Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete

For more information, see 3DEXPERIENCE Dashboard Apps | Lifecycele | Deleting Content

Yes Yes No No
Duplicate (for more information see, 3DEXPERIENCE Dashboard Apps | Lifecycele | Duplicating Content) Yes Yes No No
New Revision From

For more information, see 3DEXPERIENCE Dashboard Apps | Lifecycele | Creating a Revision from an Existing Content

Yes Yes Yes No
Compare Yes Yes No No
Revision Yes Yes No No
Change Owner Yes Yes Yes No
Lock/Unlock Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Branch

The New Branch command enables you to manage a new branch when you revise a structure. This command duplicates the selected reference. When a new branch is created for SOLIDWORKS part or assembly, a new product structure is created and is associated to a new family. For more information, see 3DEXPERIENCE Dashboard Apps | Lifecycele | Creating a Branch.

Yes Yes No No

3DEXPERIENCE Lifecycle Operations on a Family

The table below explains which commands you can use on a family from the LifeCycle widget:

LifeCycle operation from LifeCycle widget
Maturity Yes
New Revision Yes
Delete Yes
Duplicate Yes but not supported
Compare Yes
History Yes
Move To Yes
Lock/Unlock Yes