Part Family and Part Properties

You can view the details of a part family or a part. You need the Library User role to list part families.

To access this page:

View the list of part families. See Part Families List.
Click the Name of the needed part family. The list of parts in that part family opens.
To view the properties for a part family, click name of the part family in the list.
Or

To view the properties for a part, click the name of the Part.

This page defines these items:

Fields for Part Families and Parts
Actions for Parts and Part Families
Categories for Parts and Part Families

Fields for Part Families and Parts

If Engineering Central is installed, you will see additional fields. See the Engineering Central User's Guide for details.

Field name	Description
Name	The name of the part or part family.
Type	Part Family or Part (or the subtype of Part).
Description	A brief description of the part or part family.
State	The current state of the part or part family in its lifecycle.
Owner	The name of the user who owns the part or part family.
Originator	The name of the user who created the part or part family.
Originated	The date the or part part family was created.
Modified	The most recent date that a change was made to the part or part family.
Name Generator	On or Off, indicating if autonaming is configured for this part family. This field and the following patterns and base number only show for part families (not for parts).
Sequence Pattern	For autonaming, the sequence used to generate part numbers.
Prefix Pattern	For autonaming, the prefix used to generate part numbers.
Base Number	For autonaming, the base number used to generate part numbers.
Suffix Pattern	For autonaming, the suffix used to generate part numbers.
Pattern Separator	For autonaming, the string pattern used to separate parts (prefix, suffice, base number) of part numbers.
Vault	The location where the data for the part or part family is stored.
Classification Path	The library hierarchy for this part family; does not show for a part. Click a name in the hierarchy to view the Properties page for that object in a new window.

Actions for Parts and Part Families

If Engineering Central is installed, you will see additional actions.

Action	Description	For details, see:
Edit Details	Edits the details. You can only edit certain attributes.	Editing Part Details in the Common Components User's Guide
Subscribe	Subscribes to events for the part family.	Subscription Events for Parts in the Common Components User's Guide
Push Subscription	Selects other people to receive notifications of events.	Pushing Subscriptions in the Common Components User's Guide

Categories for Parts and Part Families

Category	Description	For details, see:
Access	Controls access to the document.	Access Page in the Common Components User's Guide
History	Shows a log of events that have occurred.	History Category in the Application Exchange Framework User's Guide
Discussions	Shows discussions for the document.	Discussions Page in the Common Components User's Guide
Lifecycle	Shows the lifecycle of the document and its current state.	Viewing an Object's Lifecycle in the Application Exchange Framework User's Guide
Parts	Lists the parts that belong to the part family.	Parts List
Issues	Shows issues raised against classified items within the class.	Issues Page in the Common Components User's Guide