Restricting a Characteristic with a Table:Example

Configurable material BIKE has characteristics MODEL, TYPE and FRAME_HEIGHT.

MODEL	TYPE	FRAME_HEIGHT
Trekking	Women	48
Trekking	Women	53
Trekking	Men	48
Trekking	Men	53
Mountain	Women	46
Mountain	Women	50
Mountain	Women	53
Mountain	Women	57
Mountain	Men	50
Mountain	Men	54
Mountain	Men	58
Racing	Women	46
Racing	Women	49
Racing	Women	53
Racing	Women	57
Racing	Men	49
Racing	Men	53
Racing	Men	57
Racing	Men	61
Racing	Men	64

Characteristic FRAME_HEIGHT is restrictable. Characteristics MODEL and TYPE are single-value. You want the system to control the allowed values of characteristic FRAME_HEIGHT.

Procedure

1. Create a single-value characteristic, T_FRAME_HEIGHT, especially for the table.

Note Note

Tables that you specify in constraints must contain single-value characteristics only. This is why you need to define a characteristic especially for the table.

End of the note.

Create table T_FH, and enter the values combinations above. You need not define value assignment alternatives to restrict values.
Create dependency net CN_BIKE and assign constraint CS_FRAME_HEIGHT to this dependency net.
Enter the following source code in the constraint:

OBJECTS: BIKE IS_A (300) BIKE where MOD = MODEL; FH = FRAME_HEIGHT. RESTRICTIONS: TABLE T_FH (MODEL = MOD,TYPE = TY,T_FRAME_HEIGHT = FH). INFERENCES: FH.

Allocate the dependency net to the configuration profile of material BIKE.

Result

On the value assignment screen, the allowed values of characteristic FRAME_HEIGHT are restricted, depending on the values assigned to characteristics MODEL and TYPE.