You can copy the characteristic values assigned to the configurable material in these objects to your simulation.

1. From the variant configuration menu, call Environment ® Configuration simulation.

If you have not yet entered a plant in the current session, you see a dialog box. Enter the plant for your configurable material and confirm your entry.

Enter the material you want to configure.

2. On the initial screen, choose Configured objects.

This call the material variants, sales orders, or production orders that have been configured for this material, so that you can copy them to your configuration.

3. Select the type of object you want to copy from and choose the appropriate pushbutton.

You see the existing variants of that object type (for example, all the sales orders).

4. Select a variant.

The object (for example, order number) is copied to the dialog box.

5. Confirm your entries in the dialog box.

You see the configuration you copied on the value assignment screen. You can change the values.