Material 

Use

Product configuration models are processed in the modeling environment for Variant Configuration based on configurable materials. This means that you have to specify the material you want to process when you start the modeling environment.

Integration

The material loaded in the model tree represents the starting point, under which all the other objects in the model are arranged.

Prerequisites

You have to create a configurable material before you can load it in the modeling environment. You cannot create materials with the modeling environment.

To configure a material, you have to classify it first.

Features

You can process the material with the context menu in the model tree and the detailed view.

Model Tree

In the context menu for the material, you can

·        Launch the wizard for creating a table constraint

·        Assign a variant class to the material – if you have not already done so

·        Create a configuration profile for the material – if you have not already done so

·        Create knowledge-base objects for the material or assign existing ones – provided that no knowledge-base objects have been created or assigned yet.

Detailed View

The detailed view contains:

Tab Page	Function
Basic Data	Basic data for the material, for example, the configurator setting. By default, the standard Variant Configuration function is used for interactive product configuration. You can change this setting here. See Assignment of a Configurator.
Texts	Language-dependent descriptions of the material.
Variant Pricing	Overview table of characteristics, characteristic values, and variant condition keys. You can use variant condition keys to assign characteristic values to certain pricing conditions. See Assignment of Variant Condition Key. Choose Collapse List to show just those characteristic values that have been assigned a variant condition key. Choose Expand List to display all the characteristics and characteristic values in the model that can be assigned variant condition keys.
KB Objects	Knowledge-base objects assigned to the material.

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