Using the Scenario Menu

The commands associated with scenarios consolidated on the top-level Scenario menu. Some of these options are also available on various right-click context menus.

Note: The Scenario menu options do not apply to what’s highlighted in the navigation pane and only apply to what is currently open. For example, to use Scenario > Lock on a specific scenario that appears in the navigation pane, you must first open that scenario by double-clicking it or right-clicking and selecting Open. Similar options on the right-click menus apply to the currently selected item in the navigation pane.

 

The following table describes scenario menu options.

Action

Scenario

Description

Save

Scenario

Save changes to the currently selected scenario.

 

Scenario & Children

(Assemblies and roll-ups only) Save changes to the currently selected scenario and any changes to children.

 

All Scenarios & Children

Save changes to the currently selected scenario and any changes to children.

Save as

Scenario

Make a copy of the current scenario as a new scenario. The new scenario have the same children as the original.

 

Scenario & Children

(Assemblies and roll-ups only) Make a copy of the current scenario as a new scenario, and make copies of any children. The name of any child scenario the name of the parent scenario appended.

 

Snapshot

(Assemblies and roll-ups only) Make a copy of the current scenario and lock it and its children against further changes.

Copy Assembly Inputs to Children

 

Displays the list of production values such as Digital Factory, annual volume, or batch size that applies to the assembly, along with a checkbox for each value. By selecting the checkboxes, you can dictate which of these values gets copied to each of the children in the assembly. User-defined attributes are included in this list, appended at the end.

See Copying assembly cost settings to children for more information.

Copy Welds From

 

(Assemblies only) Brings up a Search dialog so that you can choose another assembly with similar geometry from which copy virtual welds.

See Virtual welds.

Make Official

 

Select the current scenario as the “official” scenario. When used in conjunction with the Tools > User Preferences > Use Official Scenarios in New Assemblies option, you can specify whether the official scenario by default gets rolled into its parent assembly or roll-up.

This option is not available for uncosted or locked scenarios or scenarios that are already marked official.

Make Active/Inactive >

Make Active (Scenario)/Make Inactive (Scenario)

Specify whether the selected scenario is automatically updated with CAD changes. Note that roll-ups cannot use this option since they are not CAD-connected, but the options in the following two rows can be used for their members.

 

Make Active (Scenario & Children)

Specify that the selected scenario (if CAD-connected) and all its children are automatically updated with CAD changes. (The status of any locked children remains unchanged.)

 

Make Inactive (Scenario & Children)

Specify that the selected scenario (if CAD-connected) and all its children are not automatically updated with CAD changes. (The status of any locked children remains unchanged.)

Lock/Unlock

Lock Scenario/Unlock Scenario.

Allow or disallow changes to the current part or assembly scenario. Roll-ups cannot be locked, but the options in the following two rows can be used for the members of a roll-up

 

Lock Scenarios (Scenario & Children)

Disallow changes to be made to the members of an assembly or roll-up (and also to the parent assembly).

 

Unlock Scenarios (Scenario & Children)

Allow changes to be made to the members of an assembly or roll-up (and also to the parent assembly).

Enable Cost Overrides

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Displays checkboxes next to line items in the Cost Summary view that enable you to enter your values for costing. Same as clicking the Cost Overrides icon ( ) in the tool bar.

See Part Details overrides for more information.

Manually Costed

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Displays checkboxes next to every editable cost value. In addition, all checkboxes are checked and disabled, indicating that all costs are specified manually and are not affected by changes to the components GCDs, non-geometric cost drivers, or Digital Factory data. See Performing total cost summary overrides for more information.

See Total cost summary overrides or more information.

Attach 2D Image

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Provides the to associate a graphics file with a virtual component. The image is displayed as a thumbnail and in the component viewer.

Remove 2D Image

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Disassociates an image that has been associated with a component using the Attach 2D Image command.

Create Comparison

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Creates a comparison summary view starting with the currently selected scenario.