Creating a Sub Type

You can create sub types directly from a type's page. All the sub types you create from a type's page inherit the type's attributes.

Before you begin: You must have created at least one type. For more information, see Create a Type.
  1. Open the type from which you want to create a sub type.
  2. From the type's page, click Sub Types.
  3. Click Create a new sub type.
    A Create a new type dialog box opens. Its Super Type field is already filled with the current type's name and cannot be edited.
  4. In the Name field, create the internal name of your sub type.

    The name you enter must comply with the following rules:

    • Only [a-z][A-Z][0-9] characters are supported.
    • The name must start with a letter.
    • The name cannot start with XP_.
    • You cannot use a name that has already been used for any OOTB element or any existing specialization element.

    Enterprise IP Schema Specialization automatically appends a UUID to the end of your name to make sure that your type name is unique. This UUID never appears on the user interface. You can only retrieve it by copying the sub type's full name. For more information, see Copying a Specialization Element's Full Name.

  5. Optional: From the Icon section, click the large and select the .png file you want to upload.

    You can repeat this step for the medium and the small to upload a medium and a small icon manually. If you do not upload a medium or a small icon manually, Enterprise IP Schema Specialization will automatically generate them from the large icon.

    Notes:
    • The size of the .png files you want to upload must be under 2KB and their dimensions must be 32x32 px for the large icon, 22x22 px for the medium icon, and 16x16px for the small icon.
    • You cannot upload a medium or a small icon if you have not uploaded a large icon.
    • You cannot remove the .png files you uploaded to restore the default icon.

    Successfully uploaded .png files appear on the dialog box. They will also appear across Enterprise IP Schema Specialization, on all native (CATIA) and BPS-based (3DSpace) apps that display type icons, and in the 3DSearch results.
    Note: When you do not upload any large icon, Enterprise IP Schema Specialization displays default icons instead, but only in Enterprise IP Schema Specialization; default icons are never displayed in end-user apps.
  6. Optional: From the Label section, enter the external name of your sub type for each language.

    Notes:
    • If you leave the English Label field blank, Enterprise IP Schema Specialization will fill it with the sub type's internal name. End-user apps set to English will display this internal name.
    • If you leave the French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Chinese Label field blank, end-user apps set to this language will display the English label.
    • If you leave all Label fields blank, Enterprise IP Schema Specialization will fill the English Label field with the sub type's internal name and all end-user apps, regardless of their language settings, will display this internal name.

  7. From the Abstract section, click the toggle if you want set the sub type status to abstract.

    Abstract types cannot be instantiated and do not appear in the PLM New UI panels of native apps. They can only be used as super types of concrete types.

  8. Click Save.

The sub type is created and behaves like any type: From this sub type, you can create attributes, attributes groups, extensions and sub types.