Create Product Model Function Structure
Explanation
Use this activity to create, modify, and view a function structure for a specific model.
Documents and Engineering parts can be connected to any function anywhere in the structure. The function structure
can be designed and parts can be connected before the model has been designed. The only requirement is that the
model have a top part connected. The system will make sure that there is a consistency between the function
structure and the product structure.
Prerequisites
- The model must have a top part.
- The functions must be connected to the model.
- All functions are unique. Two identical functions cannot exist in the structure. The system will prevent
this.
- When the top part is released, new parts, not present in the product structure, cannot be added.
System Effects
- The functions are organized in a structure.
- Engineering parts and documents can be connected to the functions at any level.
- When a part is connected to the function structure and it is not present in the belonging product structure,
the part will automatically be added to the model. In this way, there will always be a consistency between the
function structure and the product structure. In addition, when a unique part is removed from the model, the
connection to the part from the function structure will also be removed. The result is that parts in the product
structure may not be present in the function structure, but parts in the function structure will always be
present in the product structure.