Use File menu commands to create and manage your data objects, close an application, and exit the rich client.
Command Purpose
New Creates a wide range of Teamcenter objects.
For File→New menu command descriptions, seeFile New menu. Open Opens for viewing and editing a selected data object—folder, item,item revision, or dataset—in the default application for that object
or file type.
Open With Opens a dialog box to let you select an application for viewing a selected data object or file.
View Opens for viewing a selected data object—folder, item, item revision, or dataset—in the default application.
View With Opens a dialog box to let you select an application for viewing a selected data object.
Command Purpose
View/Markup Lets you work with:
• Microsoft Word files to view, create, or update markups using Microsoft Word.
• PDF files to view, create, or update markups using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
For more information, see Configuring view and markup functionality.
Sign Lets you digitally sign a PDF file stored as a dataset named reference file with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
Cancel Signing
Lets you cancel a digital signature on a PDF file stored as a dataset named reference file with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
Save Saves the information entered for a selected data object. Save As Duplicates a selected item, form, dataset, or item revision andsaves it under a different name. Revise Creates a new revision of the selected item.
Diagramming Lets you create or edit diagram templates used in functional and logical decompositions.
For information about working with diagramming, see theSystems Engineering Guide.
Close Closes the application that is currently active in your Teamcenter window.
Print Prints selected data types (folders, forms, items/item revisions,BOM lines, datasets, and object properties) and interface components (tables, tree tables, where-referenced reports, and component properties).
Note If you have difficulty printing from the My Teamcenter viewer on a Linux system with Teamcenter lifecycle visualization installed, check with your system
administrator to ensure the PrinterDefs.conf file content is correct for your printer. This file is located by default in the …/Visualization/etc/ directory.
Print... Prints selected data types (folders, forms, items/item revisions, BOM lines, datasets, and object properties). The object properties are printed for all other object types.
When you choose the Print... menu command in Structure Manager, the bill of material prints, regardless of your selection.
File New menu
Use the File→New menu commands to create new objects.
Command Purpose
Item Creates Teamcenter objects such as items, folders, forms,datasets, URL links, IDs, item elements, BOM view revisions, structure contexts, collaboration contexts, and work contexts, as well as interface definition, process variable, connection, signal, process, change, envelope, CAE item, and schedule objects. For File→New→Item menu command descriptions, seeFile New Item dialog box.
Folder Creates a graphical representation of an aggregation of objects. Form Creates a data object used to display product information(properties) in a predefined template. Forms can be used to create
an electronic facsimile of a hardcopy form.
Dataset Creates a Teamcenter data object used to manage data filescreated by other software applications. Each dataset can manage multiple operating system files, and each dataset references a dataset tool object and a dataset business object.
URL Creates a data object used to access a Web resource. The URL(uniform resource locator) is an address that is used as a link to access a Web resource within Teamcenter or in a separate browser.
ID Creates alternate identifiers and alias identifiers used tocommunicate information about items and item revisions. Alias identifiers store part numbers and other attribute information for similar parts, and they can be associated with many items or item revisions. Alias IDs can store information about external entities and can also be used to maintain a cross reference of the relationships between other manufacturer’s part numbers and the part numbers used by your organization. Alternate identifiers store information about part numbers and attributes of the same part from different perspectives. Alternate IDs let different user communities identify and display an item or item revision according to their own rules rather than according to the rules of the user who created the object. Assigning alternate identifiers to a part at different stages of development and production allows you to maintain a history of the life cycle of the part.
Command Purpose
Item Element Creates objects to represent design or manufacturing features that are not defined as part of the physical structure in the BOM. Features are implemented as item elements, sometimes called general design elements (GDEs). For information about specific item element feature types, see the appropriate application documentation. For example, HRN_ objects correspond to wiring harness design objects in Teamcenter.
For more information about working with wiring harness objects, see theWiring Harness Design Tools Integration Guide.
BOMView Revision
Creates a revision of a BOM view.
When an item is an assembly of other items, its assembly structure is represented by a BOM view, which is a data object distinct from the item in order to support multiple views functionality. The structure of the assembly item may change between successive revisions of the item. Therefore, the actual structure information of an item revision is stored in a BOM view revision referenced by that item revision.
For more information about creating a BOM view revision object, seeGetting Started with Product Structure.
Structure Context
Creates a configurable structure data object that consists of one or more root objects sharing the same configuration. For example, it may be one or more BOMs or assembly structures and their configurations. The configuration of the structure context is defined by a configuration context. The structure objects may have occurrence groups, items, and item revisions.
For more information about structure contexts, see Getting Started with Product Structure.
Configuration Context
Saves a configuration consisting of revision rules or variant rules that you can retrieve and assign to a structure context.
For more information about configuration contexts, see the
Multi-Structure Manager Guide. Collaboration
Context
Creates a data object containing one or more structure and configuration contexts.
For more information about collaboration contexts, see the
Command Purpose
Work Context Creates a profile that a user assumes to complete a specific assignment. Work contexts are created from a combination of user name, group, role, and project; however, it is not necessary to include all four of these elements in the definition of a work context. For example, if a task can be performed by anyone, regardless of their group and role, the work context specifies only the project to which the context applies. If a task can be performed only by a user with a specific role within a group, the work context definition specifies the project, group, and role, but not a specific user.
For more information about work contexts, seeManaging work contexts.
Service Request
Creates new objects for use in the Service Manager application. Service
Catalog
Creates new objects for use in the Service Request Manager application.
Connection Creates the object that defines the connectivity between two or more terminals in a physical model.
Interface Definition
Creates electronic control unit ports for ECU networks.
For more information about ECU networks, see theEmbedded Software Solutions Guide.
Process Variable
May serve as inputs, outputs, or controls of systems; process variables are a type of item element used as parameters to control or monitor a process.
For more information about process variables, seeGetting Started with Mechatronics Process Management.
Signal Carries a message between functions or electrical components. You can model the nature of the message carried by a signal by associating a process variable to the signal in the context of an electrical structure. The signal object can be managed, revised, released and configured.
Workflow Process
Creates a new workflow process object with attachments, an associated process template and the ability to assign tasks. Workflow
Sub-Process
Creates a new workflow subprocess object dependant on the parent process, with an associated process template and the ability to assign tasks.
For more information about creating a subprocess, seeWhat are workflow subprocesses?.
Note This menu command is displayed only when a task is selected in the Tasks to Perform list in My Worklist.
Command Purpose
Issue Report Used to track and fix problems with a product. An issue report object contains information about the problem, including relevant parts, snapshots, and reference data.
For more information about creating issue report objects, see theIssue Manager Guide.
Change Creates a new change object in the Change Manager application and lets you specify attributes, assign to a project, and set effectivity.
Envelope Creates a mail object for use with Teamcenter mail.
For more information, seeGetting Started with Teamcenter. Vendor
Management
Lets you create new Vendor and Bid Package objects.
Part Creates a new Teamcenter part and lets you assign a partnumber, revision, and name. For information about aligning parts and designs, seeAligning CAD designs and parts.
Design Creates a new Teamcenter design and lets you assign a design ID, revision, and name.
CAE Item Creates a CAE item for use with simulation applications.
For more information about creating and using CAE data items, see theSimulation Process Management Guide.
Schedule Creates a Schedule Manager object for use with calendar applications.
For more information about creating and using schedules, see theSchedule Manager Guide.
Parameter Management, Product Variant, and Product Variant Intent
These three commands let you use the Calibration and Configuration Data Management (CCDM) solution to create and manage embedded software calibration and configuration parameter data. CCDM is a separately licensed solution that must be installed to activate these commands.
For detailed information about CCDM, see the Embedded Software Solutions Guide.
Software Design Component
Opens the New Software Design Component wizard. This command is displayed in My Teamcenter and Structure Manager and when you have installed the Embedded Software Design Data Management solution.
For more information about creating software design components, see theEmbedded Software Solutions Guide.
Other Create any available business objects, including custom business objects created using the Business Modeler IDE.
File New Item dialog box
Use the File→New→Item menu command to display a dialog box with options to create new objects.
Note The available new item options vary according to preference settings and the applications installed and enabled at your site. The following table lists descriptions of typical items.
Command Purpose
DMTemplate Creates objects that can have attached starting files forcreating objects of other item types. These template objects are application specific and can include any kind of starting files and preview or thumbnail image files, useful for engineering applications such as NX.
Document Creates items with relations to Microsoft Office applicationssuch as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and so on. Functionality Represents functional breakdown of a product. In this case,you can use an item to represent a function.
For more information about this type of item, seeGetting Started with Mechatronics Process Management.
Item Creates any sort of standard item object in Teamcenter. Paragraph,
Requirement, and RequirementSpec
Create Paragraph, Requirement, and RequirementSpec requirements objects for use with Systems Engineering. For more information about these options, see theSystems Engineering Guide.
Review_Pckg For Teamcenter Rapid Start, creates a review package object.