I’m working with a manufacturing company and up until this point we’ve only used master part, inventory part, and purchase part records. We’ve recently begun using shop orders and were asked to look at Engineering Part Revisions, and I’d like some help understanding what the relationship is between Product Structures and Engineering Part Revisions (specifically, the Consist Of tab).
Based on what I’m seeing in the documentation, it seems like parts on the Consist Of tab of the Engineering Part Revisions screen should appear on the Product Structure. Here’s the quote that’s giving me that idea:
Use this tab window to view and change part structures. A part can consist of other parts. An assembly of a top-level part (parent) with one or more lower-level parts (subparts or child parts) is called a structure. A product structure enables you to keep track of all the child parts of a parent.
So, when I set up an Engineering Part - and a Master Part - record and fill out the Consist Of tab:
I would expect to see a Product Structure with the same parts listed on it as what I’m seeing on the Engineering Part Revision screen.
To get the Product Structure up, I needed to create an Inventory Part which I did from the Engineering Parts screen:
But, when I navigate to the Product Structure screen, the Components field is empty rather than having the parts I listed on the Consist Of tab of the Engineering Part Revisions screen:
Am I misunderstanding the purpose of the Consist Of tab? Or am I missing a step?
It seems like the parts listed on the Consist Of tab should flow to the Product Structure, but they’re not, and I know I’m not getting something (I just don’t know what I’m not getting).
