PTC Windchill - End Items

[@ZoltanCsik]

How did I not understand the "what an End Item is" explanation is in this?

[@CADPLMGuy]

An organization decides what they consider their End Items to be. Usually it’s what you sell to others. I work for a drone company. Our End Items are the drones. When I worked for Blue Origin, our main products were rockets and engines. So that’s what our End Items were.

[@honestdudeguru]

@@CADPLMGuy We had a different definition of an end item. End items cannot be decomposed further. Anything that can be decomposed, can be considered as a sub-assembly or an assembly. At least that is how we were managing end items in IBM's ProductManager

[@honestdudeguru]

I thought by definition end item means it cannot be decomposed further. How come you have an end item within an end item?

[@CADPLMGuy]

That’s a different definition than I am accustomed to.

[@honestdudeguru]

@@CADPLMGuyInteresting. So, what would you call an item that cannot be decomposed further?

[@CADPLMGuy]

There is a separate attribute for WTParts to classify them as separable, inseparable, or component. Your definition of End Item is sort of the opposite of Windchill.

[@honestdudeguru]

@@CADPLMGuy Whether it is a part or an item, there will be parts like screws that cannot be decomposed. Would you store screw as an inseparable part? Thanks for your responses. Appreciate it.

[@CADPLMGuy]

That would make it a component. Inseparable means that multiple components go into the assembly, but the assembly cannot be taken apart for all practical purposes. For example, composite assemblies, sheet metal parts with inserts, many cables, and assemblies with permanently bonded parts.

[@구다예-r6t]

Why use end items rather than regular assemblies?

[@CADPLMGuy]

I suggest you watch my video on WTParts (also known as Windchill Parts or Enterprise Parts) first. "End Item" is a special designation for WTParts to distinguish what you actually sell / deliver versus the components. But WTParts provide much more capability than using CAD models alone. WTParts can represent non-CAD objects like consumables, bulk items, documents, and more. WTParts can have additional documents attached to them, like software, test data, presentations, and more. WTParts enable you to define Product Structures before the CAD exists.

[@hareeshmohanan7875]

hi, How do i change the MTBF calculation from MTBF = (1 / FIT)*1000,000 to MTBF = (1 / FIT)*1000,000,000 in tool

[@CADPLMGuy]

Is that a custom attribute in your Windchill instance? That is not an Out Of The Box attribute. I suggest you talk with your Windchill admins.

[@hareeshmohanan7875]

@@CADPLMGuy The standard calculation of MTBF = (1 / FIT)*1000,000,000.

[@CADPLMGuy]

Where in Windchill are you seeing this calculation?

[@lacomadrejaz06]

I thought you weren't suppose to add end items inside end items.

[@CADPLMGuy]

Says who?

[@CADPLMGuy]

Additional clarification: PTC's reference and training material depict the use of End Items within End Items. The makers of Windchill approve of this use. My last company made and sold rocket engines. Those were End Items. We also built and manufactured rockets that used those engines. By your logic, are the engines not End Items, despite the fact that we sold them as separate units to other rocket companies? I am interested where you heard that End Items are not supposed to be inside End Items.

[@lacomadrejaz06]

@@CADPLMGuy I just used logic to deduce that but now that you mention your rocket analogy it makes perfect sense. Thank you for clarifying and taking time to reply to my comment. A+ work in these videos.