Teamcenter 10.

Materials Management Solution Guide

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Proprietary and restricted rights notice; Trademarks ............ 2

Basic concepts of Materials Management ................... 1-1

Overview of Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Materials Management components you work with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Materials Management file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Materials analyst role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Applying ITAR and IP protection to materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Materials Management interaction with other Teamcenter applications . . . . 1-7
Cross reference to other customer databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Materials Management workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Installing and configuring Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Installing Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Configuring Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Importing and exporting Teamcenter materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Importing materials into Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Exporting materials from Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Managing materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Creating a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Update a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Deleting a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Classifying a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Assigning materials to parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Deleting materials from a part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Managing substances .............................. 5-1

Create a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Update a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Deleting a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Assigning substances to materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Deleting substances from a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Viewing and searching for Materials Management information . . . . . . . . 6-1

Viewing material and substance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Searching for Materials Management information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Materials Management preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Materials Management Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

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目录

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

索 引 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 索 引 -1

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Overview of Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Architecture overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Materials Management components you work with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Types of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Confidential materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Proprietary materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Nonlibrary materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Materials Management file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

MatML file format example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Materials analyst role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Applying ITAR and IP protection to materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Materials Management interaction with other Teamcenter applications . . . . 1-7

Cross reference to other customer databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Materials Management workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

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Overview of Materials Management

The Teamcenter Materials Management solution stores approved material and
substance information imported from a third-party database (for example, Granta
and IMDS) into a materials library in the Teamcenter database. The materials
and substances can also be created by a materials analyst.
By storing the materials in Teamcenter, the Teamcenter materials library is
available for use by other Siemens PLM Software applications, rather than each
application owning individual material libraries.
The Materials Management solution is required to support Teamcenter Substance
Compliance. Materials Management provides the capability to designate the
substance composition of materials, so that regulatory compliance reporting
can be supported. For example, a Teamcenter part or BOM is sent to an external
compliance checker to verify if the part or BOM is compliant with specific
substance regulations.
For more information about substance compliance, see the Substance Compliance
Solution Guide.
The imported information must be in the MatML format.
For more information, see Materials Management file formats.
By applying style sheets, the incoming material files are converted to TC
XML format.
A materials analyst role is provided in Materials Management to perform
various tasks, such as creating materials, exporting and importing materials,
classifying materials, and so on.
For more information, see Materials analyst role.
The system administrator can provide other Teamcenter users access privileges
to perform the materials management related activities. The system
administrator provides the access privileges using the access control list
of the Access Manager application.
For more information, see Providing access and command privileges to Teamcenter
users.

Architecture overview
The Materials Management template is added over the Foundation template.
All new functionality is added to the Materials Management template. The
Foundation template is modified to support different relations, such as part
to material relation.

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Materials Management components you work with

Following are the different components of Materials Management:
• Substance

• Material

• Part

Substance
A substance is the basic form of matter that cannot be disintegrated further
using a mechanical or physical process, for example, iron, carbon, cadmium,
and so on. Each substance has a unique identifier called Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) number.
For more information about CAS, see www.cas.org .
Mat1Substance, is provided by Materials Management to
A business object, Mat1Substance
represent the substance data.
For more information about business objects, see the Business Modeler IDE Guide.
unknown, is available in the Teamcenter
A unique substance object, called unknown
0000-00-0. This unique
materials library. The CAS number of this substance is 0000-00-0
substance is used as the main and only constituent of proprietary material.
Rolling up the amount of unknown substances gives the total undisclosed mass
of a part. This substance also triggers an Unapproved compliance status when
used with the Substance Compliance solution.
One or more substances are combined to form a material. The composition of a
substance in a material can be definite or in range. For a given substance, a
material revision is related to the substance through the Mat1UsesSubstance
relation.
For more information regarding creating substances, updating substances, and
relating substances to material, see Managing substances.

Material
A material is made of one or more substances. For example, carbon steel, cast
iron, and so on. Each material to substance relation contains composition that
can be definite or in range.
Mat1Material,
A business object,Mat1Material
Mat1Material is provided by Materials Management to
represent the material data. The material is represented as a subclass of
Item in Teamcenter.
For more information about business objects, see the Business Modeler IDE Guide.
One or more materials are combined together to form a part, which is stored as
an item in Teamcenter. For a given material, an item revision is related to
the material relation through the Mat1UsesMaterial relation.
For information regarding creating materials, updating materials, assigning
materials to parts, and so on, see Managing materials.

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Example

The material carbon steel is comprised of three substances: iron,

carbon, and cadmium. In carbon steel, the composition of each
substance is specified in a range. It contains 80–90 percent iron,
5–10 percent carbon, and 5–10 percent cadmium. The total amount
of the substances must add up to a minimum of 100 percent or else
the material cannot be approved to be used in a part.

Types of materials
Materials Management supports the following types of materials:
• Confidential materials
• Proprietary materials
• Nonlibrary materials

Confidential materials
Note Confidential materials functionality is available only when the
Substance Compliance solution is installed.

Confidential materials are those materials that a supplier certifies as not

restricted but wants the substance composition to be kept confidential for
competitive reasons. The supplier provides the substance breakdown of the
confidential material; however, only authorized users can access the material
composition. To other Teamcenter users, only the name of the material is
displayed.
The authorized users must be a part of the accessor user group and
role defined by the SUBSCMPL_confidential_material_accessor_roles and
SUBSCMPL_confidential_material_accessor_groups preferences respectively.
Substances of a confidential material are eligible for a substance compliance
check only when initiated by a compliance officer.
For information about the role of a compliance officer, see the Substance
Compliance Solution Guide.

Proprietary materials
Note Proprietary materials functionality is available only when the
Substance Compliance solution is installed.

Proprietary materials are those materials that a supplier certifies as

not-restricted but wants the substance composition to be kept confidential for

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competitive reasons. The supplier does not provide the substance breakdown of
a proprietary material. A Teamcenter user cannot see the material composition.
The supplier provides a certificate, such as a waiver, stating that the
supplier takes complete responsibility for the material composition.
A proprietary material must be made up of the unknown substance available
in the Teamcenter materials library.

Nonlibrary materials

Nonlibrary materials are those materials that are not maintained in the
Teamcenter materials library. For these materials, the material mass and
substance composition are not declared.
There is only one nonlibrary material in the Teamcenter materials library.

Part
A part, such as a screw or a bolt, is made of one or more materials. Each part
to material relation contains the mass of the material.
A part is represented as an Item object in Teamcenter.
For more information about adding materials to parts, see Assigning materials
to parts.

The part, a screw, is comprised of two materials, carbon steel and cast iron.
The screw contains 0.005 kg of carbon steel and 0.002 kg of cast iron. The mass
of a part is equal to the sum of all the masses of the materials it contains.

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The materials, in turn, are comprised of different substances. Here, carbon

steel consists of iron, carbon, and cadmium. Cast iron is comprised of iron.
The composition of each substance is defined in a range.
Identical supplier parts can be made in different locations and of different
compositions. For example, one part can be comprised of Tungsten from Congo
and another part can be comprised of Tungsten from Romania. In such a case,
different vendor parts should be created in Teamcenter based on the locations.

Materials Management file formats

The following two file formats are used in Materials Management:
• MatML

• Teamcenter XML (TC XML)

Teamcenter XML (TC XML) is an extensible markup language used by Teamcenter.

For information about the TC XML file format, see the Data Exchange Guide.
MatML is an extensible markup language that is used for exchanging material
information.
For more information about MatML, see http://www.matml.org .
The materials and substances are imported from or exported to a third-party
database in the MatML file format. A style sheet is then applied to the MatML
file format to convert it to TC XML file format.
• The style sheet matml_to_tcxml.xsl style sheet located in the TC_DATA folder
is available by default. If this style sheet is used to convert MatML file
format to TC XML file format, it must be updated with the correct site ID.
For any change in the MatML schema or any change in the import format, the
style sheet must also be updated accordingly.

• MatML content imported into your local site from an external site (for
example, another Teamcenter site or Granta Design) is owned by the other
site and is not editable after the import.
Typically, the MatML content’s master site is the local site in which you
are working, unless you are importing a MatML file from an external site.

o If the materials are imported from an external site, such materials

are considered to be replicas and are not owned by local site. The
properties of these objects can be modified by the material import
utility only if the specified site is same as originating site. The
properties of such material and substances are not modifiable from
user interface.

o If an originating Teamcenter site specified is the master site or local

site during the material import, the material and substance objects
are local objects and the properties of those objects can be modified
only in the user interface.

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Note The GSIdentity label for a materials is created in TC XML from its
external identifier. For example, for material revision, the label is
created as a combination of material revision and external identifier.
The GSIdentity labels for a substances is created in TC XML from its
CAS number.

MatML file format example

If needed, you can create MatML files. The following example provides a
minimal guide to creating a MatML file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!–– use this tag to add comments to the XML document ––>
<!–– these are the minimal set of data needed to define a material in Teamcenter ––>
<MatML_DOC>
<Material>
<BulkDetails>
<Name>Lead alloy</Name>
<ExternalIdentifier>GRA-111111-114-1</ExternalIdentifier>
<!–– ExternalIdentifier must be unique in Teamcenter>
<SubstanceData property="5001">
<!–– 5001 is not used in Teamcenter.-->
<!–– 5001 links SubstanceData to SubstanceDetails in the next section -->
<Data format="exponential">65</Data>
</SubstanceData>
</BulkDetails>
</Material>
<Metadata>
<SubstanceDetails id="5001">
<!-- 5001 links to SubstanceData in previous section -->
<Name>Lead</Name>
<CasNumber>7439-92-1</CasNumber>
<!-- Must be unique in Teamcenter, if already exists -->
<!-- Teamcenter will use the object in its database -->
<Units description="" name="%">
<Unit>
<Name>%</Name>
</Unit>
</Units>
</SubstanceDetails>
<SubstanceDetails id="5002">
<Name>Lead stearate</Name>
<CasNumber>1072-35-1</CasNumber>
<Units description="" name="%">
<Unit>
<Name>%</Name>
</Unit>
</Units>
</SubstanceDetails>
</Metadata>
</MatML_Doc>

Materials analyst role

For the Materials Management solution, a materials analyst role is provided by
the Organization application.
For more information about roles, see the Organization Guide.
A materials analyst performs the following tasks:
• Imports material and substance information in MatML XML format from a
third-party database into the Teamcenter materials library.
For more information, see Importing materials into Teamcenter.

• Exports materials from Teamcenter.

For more information, see Exporting materials from Teamcenter.

• Creates, updates, deletes, and classifies materials.

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For more information, see Create a material, Update a material, Delete a

material and Classifying a material.

• Creates, updates, and deletes substances.

For more information, see Create a substance, Update a substance, and
Delete a substance.

• Assigns substances to materials.

For more information, see Assigning substances to materials.

• Deletes substances from a material.

For more information, see Delete substances from a material.

Applying ITAR and IP protection to materials

Standard access tree rules and authorized data access capabilities are applied
to materials. The Materials Management solution provides the ability to access
the material metadata and control access to the associated specifications and
MatML files using the ITAR and IP capabilities of Teamcenter.
Teamcenter ITAR and IP protection capabilities can be used to restrict access
to material objects based on licensing.
For more information, see the Security Administration Guide and the Authorized
Data Access License Guide.

Materials Management interaction with other Teamcenter applications

Materials Management interacts with other Teamcenter applications as follows:
• Installing Materials Management is a prerequisite if you implement the
Substance Compliance solution.
For more information about Substance Compliance, see the Substance
Compliance Solution Guide.

• Teamcenter XML framework supports the import and export of materials by

default by adding a new set of closure rules and transfer modes required
for the material business object.

Cross reference to other customer databases

Materials Management supports cross reference to other customer databases.
• The materials and substances information must be either defined in the
system by the materials analyst or can be imported from an external
materials library. The external identifier attribute is used for mapping
materials and substances from the external materials library to the
Teamcenter materials library.

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• Materials along with substances information can be imported in bulk into

the Teamcenter materials library from an external database, such as Granta,
IMDS, and so on. The information is imported in MatML format.

Materials Management workflow

• Installing and configuring Materials Management
The system administrator installs the Materials Management solution.
For more information, see Installing Materials Management.
The system administrator then configures Materials Management as per site
working practices.
For more information, see Configuring Materials Management.

• Importing materials
The materials analyst imports the material and substance information from
third-party database. The imported information is in MatML format that is
converted to TC XML format using style sheets.
For more information, see Importing materials into Teamcenter and Materials
Management file formats.

• (Optional) Creating materials and substances

The materials analyst can create materials and substances using the My
Teamcenter user interface if Teamcenter is the material master.
For more information, see Creating a material and Create a substance.

• Classifying materials
The materials analyst creates a material classification tree and classifies
the material object against this tree.
For more information, see Classifying a material.

• Assigning materials to parts

A Teamcenter user searches for a material and assigns the material to
a part.
For more information, see Assigning materials to parts.

• Assigning substances to materials

The materials analyst searches for a substance and assigns the substance to
a material.
For more information, see Assigning substances to materials.

• Deleting materials from a part

A Teamcenter user deletes a material from a part to disassociate the
material from the part. On deletion, the material to part relationship
is deleted. The material, however, is not removed from the Teamcenter
materials library.

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For more information, see Deleting materials from a part.

• Deleting substances from a material

The materials analyst deletes a substance from a material to disassociate
the substance from the material. On deletion, the substance to material
relationship is deleted. The substance, however, is not removed from the
Teamcenter materials library.
For more information, see Deleting substances from a material.

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Installing Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Configuring Materials Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Providing access and command privileges to Teamcenter users . . . . . . 2-1
Adding, updating, and removing material properties . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Add, update, and remove material properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Configure to add, update, and remove countries for conflict
minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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Materials Management

Installing Materials Management

As a system administrator, run Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM) to install
the Teamcenter Materials Management solution by select the Materials Management
Foundation.
subfeature under Enterprise Knowledge Foundation
For more details about the installation process, see the Installation on UNIX
and Linux Servers Guide, the Installation on Windows Servers Guide, and
Teamcenter Environment Manager Help.

Configuring Materials Management

You must have the system administrator privileges to configure Materials
Management to suit your working practice.

Providing access and command privileges to Teamcenter users

By default, the Materials Management solution provides the materials analyst
role to perform various materials management-related activities.
However, you can provide other Teamcenter users access privileges to perform
the materials management-related activities by using the access control list
of the Access Manager application.
For information about creating and managing access control lists, see the
Access Manager Guide.
You can also display or suppress the available Materials Management features
on the user interface for a specific Teamcenter user by using the Command
Suppression application.
For information about using command suppression, see the Application
Administration Guide.

Adding, updating, and removing material properties

Properties contain information such as name, number, description, and so on. A
material object derives its persistent properties from the attributes on its
persistent storage class. Material objects can also have additional properties
such as run-time properties, compound properties, and relation properties.
For more information about adding properties to a business object, see the
Business Modeler IDE Guide.

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A system administrator user can add new properties to the material object and
can update or remove the existing properties.

Add, update, and remove material properties

1. Access the Business Modeler IDE perspective by choosing Window
Window→Open
Open
Perspective→Other
Other→Business
Perspective Other Business Modeler IDE.
IDE

2. In the Business Objects view, right-click the Mat1Material object and

Open.
choose Open

3. Click the Properties tab.

4. To add a new property:

Add.
a. Click Add
The New Property dialog box appears.

Next.
b. Select the property type and click Next

Next.
c. Enter the required property information and click Next
For the different field descriptions, see the Business Modeler IDE
Guide.

d. Enter the required information for property operation.

For the different property operation field descriptions, see the
Business Modeler IDE Guide.

Finish.
e. Click Finish
The new property appears in the properties table and is marked with
a “cc” indicating it is a custom property.

5. To update an existing property:

Edit.
a. Select the property and click Edit
The Modify Property dialog box appears.

Finish.
b. Update the required properties and click Finish

6. To delete an existing property:

Remove.
a. Select the property and click Remove
The Delete Object dialog box appears.

Finish.
b. Click Finish
The property is removed from the properties table.

BMIDE→Save
7. To save the changes to the data model, choose BMIDE Save Data Model
Model.

BMIDE→Deploy
8. To deploy the changes to the server, choose BMIDE Deploy Template
Template.

9. Restart Teamcenter server for the changes to affect.

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Configure to add, update, and remove countries for conflict

minerals
1. Access the Business Modeler IDE perspective by choosing Window
Window→Open
Open
Perspective→Other
Other→Business
Perspective Other Business Modeler IDE.
IDE

2. In the Extensions view, click the Find Extension Object button .

3. In the Find Extension Object dialog box, search for the

Scp0ConflictCountriesOfOrigin LOV.

4. In the Extensions view, right-click Scp0ConflictCountriesOfOrigin and

Open.
choose Open

5. To add a country of conflict:

Add.
a. In the Scp0ConflictCountriesOfOrigin tab, click Add

b. In the Add LOV Value dialog box, enter the following information:

• Value
Type the value of the LOV.

• Value Display Name

Type the country name as you want it to appear in the user interface.

• Description
Type a brief description of the LOV value.

6. To update a country of conflict:

a. In the Scp0ConflictCountriesOfOrigin tab, select the country that you

Edit.
want to update and click Edit

b. In the Modify LOV Value dialog box, update the required information.

7. To remove a country of conflict:

a. In the Scp0ConflictCountriesOfOrigin tab, select the country that you

Remove.
want to delete and click Remove

8. Click Finish to add the new value to the LOV.

BMIDE→Save
9. To save the changes to the data model, choose BMIDE Save Data Model
Model.

BMIDE→Deploy
10. To deploy the changes to the server, choose BMIDE Deploy Template
Template.

11. Restart Teamcenter server for the changes to affect.

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Teamcenter materials

Importing materials into Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Exporting materials from Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

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Teamcenter materials

Importing materials into Teamcenter

The materials analyst imports materials from a third-party database in the
MatML file format. The materials analyst can import either existing materials
or new materials.
Materials are imported using the material_import utility. Before importing
the materials in the Teamcenter materials library, the MatML file format is
converted into TC XML file format. The import status is displayed after the
execution of this utility.
material_import file=MatML file -dir=directory of MatML
file -u=user —p=password —optionset=MaterialImportDefaultOptionSet —xsl=optional XSLT file

For more information about the file formats, see Materials Management file
formats.
Materials existing in the Teamcenter materials library may have been previously
imported.
• If the material information changes in the third-party database, the
materials analyst can re-import these materials. A new revision is created
for the re-imported material.

• If the material contains substances that do not exist in the Teamcenter

materials library, these substances are created in the Teamcenter materials
library for the specific material.

• All imported materials (including those owned by the local system) require
an external identifier.
o Material and related substances are created as local objects (MatML
file import from a local site).
When a user imports a MatML file using the material_import utility
and specifies the originating site as the local/target site in the
XSLT file, the system creates the material and substances as local
objects. Locally owned objects can be modified from the Teamcenter user
interface. You can use Access Manager to create access rules to prevent
modifications of the material and substance objects in Teamcenter.
If the material already exists, based on the external identifier, a new
material revision is created in Teamcenter. The MatML input file is
attached as a MatML dataset to the newly created revision.

o Material and related substances are created as replicas (MatML file

import from an external site).

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When a user imports a MatML file using the material_import utility and
specifies the originating site as some other external site in the XSLT
file, the system creates the replicas of the material and substance
objects. In this case, the master copy is owned by the external site.
Teamcenter does not allow any modifications to the replica objects
from Teamcenter user interface.
If the material already exists, based on the external identifier, the
existing material object is updated with the contents of the MatML
file in Teamcenter. This process replaces any existing MatML dataset
attached to the material revision with the new copy of the MatML file.
Note To update existing materials, ensure that the external identifier for
materials and substances are the same.

While importing materials, the system starts an approval process for all the
materials that are marked as approved in the import file.
If the import fails, an error message stating the reason for the failure and
the log file location are displayed. The import may fail if:
• The command line utility is incorrect.

• The import file format is incorrect.

• The user ID is incorrect or if the user is not authorized to perform the

import functionality.

• If the directory path is incorrect or is not specified.

• If a material has a substance that does not have the chemical abstracts
service (CAS) number specified.

Exporting materials from Teamcenter

Materials, which are available in the Teamcenter materials library in the TC
XML format, are exported by the materials analyst in the MatML file format
using the material_export utility. This utility takes materials as input and
creates the export files in the MatML format.
material_export —file=outputfile —u=user —p=password —xls=optional XSLT file

For more information about the MatML and TC XML file formats, see Materials
Management file formats.
If the export fails, an error message stating the reason for the failure is
displayed. The export may fail if:
• The materials analyst writes the material_export utility syntax incorrectly.

• The user ID is incorrect or if the user is not authorized to perform the

export functionality.

• If the output file is not specified.

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Creating a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Create a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Update a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Deleting a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Delete a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Classifying a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Classify a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Assigning materials to parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Assign materials to parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Deleting materials from a part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Delete materials from a part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

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Creating a material
The materials analyst can create a material in Teamcenter.
For more information, see Create a material.

Create a material
Note Measure, you can use the Tab key to move from
Except for Unit of Measure
field to field.

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

File→New
2. Choose File New→Item
New Item.
Item
The New Item dialog box appears.

Next.
3. On the Select Type tab, select Material and click Next

4. On the Enter Item Information tab, enter the following information:

• ID
(Optional) Type an identifier for the new material. If you do not
enter an identifier, the system generates it automatically when you
Assign.
click Assign

• Revision
(Optional) Type an identifier for the specific revision of the new
material. If you do not enter an identifier, the system generates it
Assign.
automatically when you click Assign

• Name
Type a unique name for the material.

• Description
(Optional) Type a description of the new material.

• Unit of Measure
(Optional) Select a unit of measure, if applicable.
Note Currently, only the grams unit of measurement is supported.

Next.
5. Click Next

6. On the Enter Additional Item Information tab, enter the following:

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• CAS Number
(Optional) Type the chemical abstracts service (CAS) number, if
applicable.

• External Identifier
Type the external identifier to map the material from a third-party
database, such as Granta.
Note The GSIdentity labels for materials are created in TC XML from
their external identifier. For example, for material revision,
it is created as a combination of material revision and external
identifier.

• confidential, Is the material non-library

Is the material confidential non-library, Is the
material proprietary
(Optional) If the Substance Compliance template is installed along with
Materials Management, you can specify if the material is a confidential,
nonlibrary material, or proprietary.
For more information, see Types of materials.

• Teamcenter Unique Identifier

(Optional) Enter an unique identifier to search the material in
Teamcenter.

Finish.
7. Click Finish
The material and material revision are created.

Update a material
Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the material that you want to update.

Edit→Properties
3. Select the material and choose Edit Properties.
Properties
Properties.
Alternatively, right-click the material and choose Edit Properties
If the material was imported in the MatML format from an external materials
Properties.
library, the material cannot be updated using Edit Properties
The Properties dialog box appears.

4. Update the required information.

Deleting a material
A material can be deleted. However, the material should not be associated with
any part. On deletion, the material is removed from the Teamcenter materials
library.

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Delete a material
Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the material that you want to delete.

Edit→Delete
3. Select the material and choose Edit Delete.
Delete
Alternatively, click the Delete button on the toolbar.
The Delete dialog box appears.

Yes.
4. Click Yes

Classifying a material
Material objects can be classified against a custom classification tree that is
hosted in the Teamcenter Classification application. By classifying Teamcenter
objects, you can categorize your products, parts, and components according
to their common characteristics. The classification allows you to search for
parts independent of the location in the product structure.
To classify a material, you must:
• Create a new material classification in the Teamcenter Classification
application. This step is repeated as many times as needed to build the
material classification tree.

• Assign the material object to the material classification.

For more information about working with classification objects, see the
Classification Guide.

Classify a material
Administration.
1. In the navigation pane, click Classification Administration
The Classification Admin tab appears.

Class.
2. Right-click Classification Root and choose Add Class
The Add new class dialog box appears.

3. As an example, create the following classes:

• Metal

• Aluminum Alloy 5500 Series

• Fluid

For more information about adding classes, see the Classification

Administration Guide.

4. Add attributes to the Metal and Fluid classes.

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Class Attributes
Metal • Ductility

• Electric conductivity
Fluid • Boiling point

• Density

For more information about assigning attributes to a class, see the

Classification Administration Guide.
If the attributes are not available in the attributes list by default, you
need to create the attribute dictionary definitions. For more information,
see the Classification Administration Guide.

Edit→Options
5. Choose Edit Options and click Index
Index.

6. Search for ICS_classifiable_types preference and add the following values:

• Mat1Material

• Mat1Material Revision

For information about editing preference values, see the Preferences and
Environment Variables Reference.
A material can be classified when this preference is set.

Teamcenter.
7. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

8. Search for a material. Right-click the material and choose Send

to→Classification
to Classification.
Classification

Yes.
9. In the Classify Object dialog box, click Yes

Root, right-click Metal and choose Select

10. Under Classification Root Select.

11. In the Properties tab, assign values to the following attributes:

Attributes Values
Ductility 15
Electric conductivity 25

12. Click Save on the toolbar.

Classification.
13. Repeat steps 7 to 9 to send another material to Classification

Root, right-click Fluid and choose Select

14. Under Classification Root Select.

15. In the Properties tab, assign values to the following attributes:

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Attributes Values
Boiling point 15
Density 12

16. Click Save on the toolbar.

Assigning materials to parts

Materials can be assigned to a part. When you add materials to a part, you
must declare the mass of each material.
• If the material is comprised of conflicting substances, the supplier must
specify the country that produces these substances.
During compliance check, the compliance officer contacts the supplier
whenever conflicting substances are found for which the supplier did not
specify the country of origin.

• The country of origin can also be specified if a material is produced

in more than one country or if there is a concern that the material was
obtained from a country on a restricted list.
The country of origin is part specific and not material specific because
materials can be obtained from multiple countries. For example, one part
can be comprised of Tungsten from Congo and another part can be comprised
of Tungsten from Romania.

Assign materials to parts

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the part to which you want to assign materials.

3. For a selected part, search for the material that you want to add.

Edit→Copy
4. Select the material revision and choose Edit Copy.
Copy

5. Select the part and expand the item revision.

Edit→Paste
6. Select the Materials folder and choose Edit Paste.
Paste
Alternatively, you can also drag the material and drop it on the part to
create a material to part relation.
The Enter the values for Properties on Relation dialog box appears.

7. Enter the following properties:

• Country of Origin for Conflict Minerals
(Optional) If the Substance Compliance template is installed along with
Materials Management, and if the material is comprised of a substance
from a country that is on a restricted list, you can select the country
that produces the substance.

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The country of origin LOV must be set up a system administrator using

Business Modeler IDE.
For more information about creating LOVs, see the Business Modeler
IDE Guide.

• Mass
Type the mass of the material.

• Unit of Measure
Select grams as the unit of measurement of the material.
By default, the unit of measure displayed on the Properties on
grams).
Relation dialog is g (grams
grams To display additional units of measure,
administrators can use the Business Modeler IDE. The list of values
for Mat1UnitsOfMeasure contains the units of measure available when
MaterialRevs are related to an item revision.
Note grams.
Currently, the only supported unit of measurement is grams

Finish.
8. Click Finish
The material to part relationship is created.

Deleting materials from a part

The relation between a part and a material can be deleted. Deleting a material
from a part only disassociates the material from the part. The material is
not deleted from the Teamcenter materials library.

Delete materials from a part

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the part from which you want to delete the material.

3. Expand the part revision and select the Materials folder.

4. Expand the Materials folder and select the material that you want to
delete from the part.

Edit→Cut
5. Choose Edit Cut.
Cut
Cut.
Alternatively, right-click the material and choose Cut
The material is no longer related to the part.

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Create a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Update a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Deleting a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Delete a substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Assigning substances to materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Assign substances to a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Deleting substances from a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Delete substances from a material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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Create a substance
Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

File→New
2. Choose File New→Other
New Other.
Other
The New Business Object dialog box appears.

Substance.
3. From the Business Object Type list, select Substance

Next.
4. Click Next

5. In the New Business Object dialog box, enter the following:

• Chemical Abstract Service Register Number
Type the chemical abstracts service (CAS) number of the substance.
The CAS number must consist of numerals and dashes only.

• Description
(Optional) Type a description of the new substance.

• External Identifier
(Optional) Type the external identifier to map the substance from a
third-party database, such as IMDS or Granta.

• Name
Type a unique name for the substance.

• Unique Identifier
(Optional) Enter an unique identifier to search the substance in
Teamcenter.

Finish.
6. Click Finish
The substance and substance revision are created.

Update a substance
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter
Teamcenter.

2. Search for the substance that you want to update.

For more information about searching for a substance, see Search for
substances.

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Edit→Properties
3. Select the substance and choose Edit Properties.
Properties
Properties.
Alternatively, right-click the substance and choose Edit Properties
The Properties dialog box appears.

4. Update the required information.

Deleting a substance
A substance can be deleted.
• The substance must not be associated with any material.

• On deletion, the substance is removed from the Teamcenter materials library.

Delete a substance
Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the substance that you want to delete.

For more information about searching a substance, see Search for substances.

3. In the Search Results tab, select the substance.

Edit→Delete
4. Choose Edit Delete.
Delete
Alternatively, click the Delete button on the toolbar.
The Delete dialog box appears.

Yes.
5. Click Yes

Assigning substances to materials

One or more substances can be assigned to a material. Only approved substances
with a valid CAS number can be assigned.
If the material was imported from an external materials library in the MatML
format, new substances cannot be assigned to the material.

Assign substances to a material

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the material to which you want to assign substances.

3. For a selected material, search for the substance that you want to add.

Edit→Copy
4. Select the substance revision and choose Edit Copy.
Copy

5. Select the material and expand the material revision.

Edit→Paste
6. Select the Substances folder and choose Edit Paste.
Paste

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Alternatively, you can also drag the material and drop it on the material
to create a substance to material relation.
The Enter the values for Properties on Relation dialog box appears.

7. Enter the following properties:

• Composition (in %)
Type the composition of the substance (in percentage) that constitutes
the material. For a variable composition, that is, for compositions
defined as a range, this denotes the minimum composition. The total
Composition (in %) of all substances for a material must not exceed
100 percent.
For example, for a carbon steel material consisting of iron and carbon:
o iron 40% and carbon 60% is correct; total = 100%

o iron 40% and carbon 40% is acceptable, but incomplete; total = 80%

o iron 60% and carbon 60% is incorrect; total = 120%

• Is the composition in range

Click True if the substance composition is defined as a range, for
example, minimum and maximum percentage.
Click False if the substance composition is a single value.

• Maximum composition (in %)

Type the maximum composition (in percentage) of the substance that
constitutes the material, in case the substance composition is defined
as a range.
Note %), the total of Maximum composition (in
Unlike Composition (in %)
%) for all substances in a material can exceed 100%.

• To use maximum composition

o Click True if the maximum composition of the substances must be
used during the substance compliance check.

o Click False to have the minimum composition will be used in a

compliance check.

The To use maximum composition property is independent of the Is the

composition in range property.

o The To use maximum composition property is used by the Substance

Compliance solution during substance compliance check when the
composition of a substance is defined as a range.

o If the composition of the substance is not defined as a range,

the To use maximum composition property is not used and the fixed
composition of the substance is used.

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Example Consider a material, carbon steel, that made of two

substances, iron and carbon. The composition of iron and
carbon is defined as a range, 40% to 60%.
The materials analyst uses carbon steel in a part, a screw,
and enters the mass of carbon steel as 100 grams. The
composition of carbon and iron are defined as a range, so
when the screw is submitted for a compliance check the To
use maximum composition property is used for determining
whether to use the maximum composition of the substances.
The mass of carbon steel was reported as 100 grams, so iron
is calculated at 60 grams (60% of 100 grams) and carbon at
80 grams (80% of 100 grams) resulting in 140 grams of carbon
steel material.

Finish.
8. Click Finish
The substance to material relationship is created.

Deleting substances from a material

The relation between a material and a substance can be deleted only if the
material was created using the My Teamcenter user interface. If the material
was imported from an external materials library in the MatML format, the
relation between the material and substance cannot be deleted.
Deleting a substance from a material only disassociates the substance from the
material. The substance is not deleted from the Teamcenter materials library.

Delete substances from a material

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

2. Search for the material from which you want to delete the substance.

3. Expand the material revision and select the Substances folder.

4. Expand the Substances folder and select the substance that you want to
delete from the material.

Edit→Cut
5. Choose Edit Cut.
Cut
Cut.
Alternatively, right-click the material and choose Cut
The substance is no longer related to the material.

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for Materials Management
information

Viewing material and substance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

View material and substance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Searching for Materials Management information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Search for item revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Search for material revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Search for substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

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information

Viewing material and substance information

You can view the materials and substance information for a part or BOM in the
materials and substance dashboard.
The material and substance dashboard displays the:
• Materials and their individual masses.

• Substances with their respective CAS numbers and masses.

• Total material mass and total substance mass.

View material and substance information

You can view the material and substance information for a part or BOM in the
materials and substance dashboard.
Teamcenter, select the part or BOM for which you want to view the
1. In My Teamcenter
material and substance dashboard.

Window→Show
2. Choose Window Show View
View→Other
Other.
Other

Management→Material
3. In the Show View dialog, choose Materials Management Material and
Dashboard.
Substance Dashboard
The material and substance information is displayed in the Material and
Substance Dashboard tab of the part or BOM.

Searching for Materials Management information

By default, the Materials Management solution provides queries to search for
materials and substances. Any Teamcenter user can run these queries.
Following are the queries available by default:
• Materials Management - Item Revisions
Use this query to find items that use specific types of materials. The
items are searched based on different material attributes.
For more information, see Search for item revisions.

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• Materials Management - Material Revisions

Use this query to search for specific materials. The materials are searched
based on different material and substance attributes. For example, search
for a material with a specific name and substance composition.
For more information, see Search for material revisions.

• Materials Management - Substances

Use this query to search for specific substances. The substances are
searched based on different substance attributes.
For more information, see Search for substances.

Search for item revisions

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

Advanced.
2. Click the menu to the right of the search box and choose Advanced

More.
3. In the Search tab, click the select a search menu and choose More
The Change Search dialog box appears.

OK.
4. Select Materials Management - Item Revisions and click OK

5. Enter the search criteria, and click the search button.

The Search Results tab listing the search result list appears.

Search for material revisions

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

Advanced.
2. Click the menu to the right of the search box and choose Advanced

More.
3. In the Search tab, click the select a search menu and choose More
The Change Search dialog box appears.

OK.
4. Select Materials Management - Material Revisions and click OK

5. Enter the search criteria, and click the search button.

The Search Results tab listing the search result list appears.

Search for substances

Teamcenter.
1. In the navigation pane, click My Teamcenter

Advanced.
2. Click the menu to the right of the search box and choose Advanced

3. In the Search tab, click the select a search menu and choose More
More.
The Change Search dialog box appears.

OK.
4. Select Materials Management - Substances and click OK

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5. Enter the search criteria and click the search button.

The Search Results tab listing the substances appears.

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preferences

CommercialPartRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation . . . . . . . . A-2
ItemRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_ default_relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
ManufacturerPartRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation . . . . . . . A-5
Mat1MaterialRevision_DefaultChildProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Mat1MaterialRevision_Mat1Substance_default_relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Mat1MaterialRevision_PsuedoFolder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
MaterialManagement_feature_installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Part_Revision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

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CommercialPartRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation
Description
Specifies the default paste relation for the commercial part object with a
material revision.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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ItemRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_ default_relation
Description
Defines the default paste relation of the item revision object with a material
revision.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation
Description
Specifies the default paste relation for a manufacturer part object with a
material revision.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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ManufacturerPartRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation
Description
Specifies the default paste relation for manufacturer part revision object with
a material revision.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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Mat1MaterialRevision_DefaultChildProperties
Description
Specifies the list of properties that can be displayed as children of the
material revision node.
Valid Values
IMAN_master_form_rev
IMAN_requirement
IMAN_manifestation
IMAN_reference
IMAN_MEView
IMAN_vi_sos
IMAN_external_object_link
IMAN_specification
TC_WorkContext_Relation
TC_AuditLog
TC_Is_Represented_By
release_status_list
Mat1UsesSubstance

Default Values
IMAN_master_form_rev
IMAN_requirement
IMAN_manifestation
IMAN_reference
IMAN_MEView
IMAN_vi_sos
IMAN_external_object_link
IMAN_specification
TC_WorkContext_Relation
TC_AuditLog
TC_Is_Represented_By
release_status_list
Mat1UsesSubstance
Default
Protection
Scope
User preference.

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Mat1MaterialRevision_Mat1Substance_default_relation
Description
Defines the default paste relation of the material revision object with
substance.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesSubstance
Default Values
Mat1UsesSubstance
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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Mat1MaterialRevision_PsuedoFolder
Description
Specifies the list of properties that can be displayed as a pseudo folder under
a node for the material revision object.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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MaterialManagement_feature_installed
Description
Specifies whether the Materials Management solution is installed. Do not
modify this preference manually.
Valid Values
true
false
Default Values
true
Default
Protection
Scope
System preference.

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MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_roles
Description
Specifies the roles that are allowed to create materials. Valid values are the
internal names of the roles.
Valid Values
Any valid role name.
Default Values

IMAN_master_form
Material Analyst
Compliance Officer
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_groups
Description
Specifies the groups that are allowed to create materials. Valid values are
the internal names of the groups.
Valid Values
Any group allowed to create the material.
Default Values
None.
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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Part_Revision_Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation
Description
Defines the default paste relation of the part revision object with a material
revision.
Valid Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default Values
Mat1UsesMaterial
Default
Protection
Scope
Site preference.

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material_export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
material_import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

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material_export
Exports the material and associated substances information in MatML format.
Syntax
material_export
-u=user-id
[-u=
-p=password | -pf=password-file}
{-p=
-g=group]
[-g=
-f=output-xml-file]
[-f=
-item=item-id]
[-item=
-rev=item–revision-id]
[-rev=
-optionset=name]
[-optionset=
-transfermode= name]
[-transfermode=
-h]
[-h
-h
Arguments
-u
Specifies the user ID.
This is generally infodba or another user with administration privileges. If
this argument is used without a value, the operating system user name is used.
Note If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server,
the -u and -p arguments are authenticated externally through SSO rather
than being authenticated against the Teamcenter database. If you do
not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an existing
SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user
ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.
If used without a value, the system assumes a null value.
If this argument is not used, the system assumes the user-ID value to be
the password.
This argument is mutually exclusive with the -pf argument.
-pf
Specifies the password file. If used without a value, the system assumes a
null value. If this argument is not used, the system assumes the user-ID
value to be the password.
For more information about managing password files, see the Utilities
Reference.
This argument is mutually exclusive with the -p argument.
-g
Specifies the group associated with the user.
If used without a value, the user’s default group is assumed.

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-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material
objects that are exported.
-item
Specifies the item ID. This argument is mutually exclusive with the -item_key
argument.
-item_key
Specifies the a string identifier containing attributes that identify the item
object to export. This argument is mutually exclusive with the -item argument.
-rev
Specifies the item revision ID of the item that must be exported.
-optionset
Specifies the option set name of the transfer option set that must be used
for this export.
-transfermode
Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during export.
-h
Displays help for this utility.
Environment
As specified in the Manually configuring your environment for Teamcenter
utilities topic in the Utilities Reference.
Files
As specified in the Log files produced by Teamcenter topic in the Utilities
Reference.
Restrictions
None.
Examples
material_export —file=steel.xml —item=000016 —rev=A —xsl=tcxml_to_matml.xls
optionset=TIEConfiguredExportDefault

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material_import
Imports MatML file containing the materials and substances information into
Teamcenter.
Syntax
material_import
-u=user-id
[-u=
-p=password | -pf=password-file}
{-p=
-g=group]
[-g=
-file=input-xml-file]
[-file=
-dir=input-dir-path]
[-dir=
[-optionset= name]
-optionset=
-transfermode= name]
[-transfermode=
-errorcontinue= yes/no]
[-errorcontinue=
[-xls=xls-file]
-xls=
-h]
[-h
-h
Arguments
-u
Specifies the user ID.
This is generally infodba or another user with administration privileges. If
this argument is used without a value, the operating system user name is used.
Note If Security Services single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your server,
the -u and -p arguments are authenticated externally through SSO rather
than being authenticated against the Teamcenter database. If you do
not supply these arguments, the utility attempts to join an existing
SSO session. If no session is found, you are prompted to enter a user
ID and password.

-p
Specifies the password.
If used without a value, the system assumes a null value.
If this argument is not used, the system assumes the user-ID value to be
the password.
This argument is mutually exclusive with the -pf argument.
-pf
Specifies the password file. If used without a value, the system assumes a
null value. If this argument is not used, the system assumes the user-ID
value to be the password.
For more information about managing password files, see the Utilities
Reference.
This argument is mutually exclusive with the -p argument.
-g
Specifies the group associated with the user.
If used without a value, the user’s default group is assumed.

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-file
Specifies the MatML file that contains the information about the material
objects that must be imported.
-dir
Specifies the directory path of the MatML file.
-optionset
Specifies the name of the transfer option set that must be used for this import.
-transfermode
Specifies the transfer mode name that is to be used during import.
-errorcontinue
Specifies the option to control continuation of import when an error is
encountered. The default value is no.
-xls
Specifies the XLS file that needs to be applied on input material file before
the import is performed. If not provided, the default XLS file is located at
TC_DATA is used.
-h
Displays help for this utility.
Environment
As specified in the Manually configuring your environment for Teamcenter
utilities topic in the Utilities Reference.
Files
As specified in the Log files produced by Teamcenter topic in the Utilities
Reference.
Restrictions
None.
Examples
material_import —dir=d:\matML —xls=mattotcxml.xls material_import
—file=mat1.xml —optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet
—optionset=MaterialImportDefaultoptionSet
material_import –file=mat1.xml —dir=d:\matML –site=100001
–optionset=MaterialImportDefaultOptionSet

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Chemical Abstracts Service number

Unique number assigned to a substance by the Chemical Abstracts Service
organization.

confidential material
Material that a supplier certifies as nonrestricted but wants the substance
composition to be kept confidential for competitive reasons. The supplier
provides the substance breakdown of the confidential material; however, only
authorized users can access the material composition.

material
Comprised of one or more substances, for example, carbon steel, cast iron,
and so on. Each material to substance relation contains composition that
can be definite or in range.

materials analyst
Role provided in Materials Management to perform various tasks, such as
creating materials, exporting and importing materials, classifying materials,
and so on.

Materials Management
Teamcenter application that stores approved materials and substance information
imported from a third-party database (for example, Granta or IMDS) into a
materials library in the Teamcenter database. The materials and substances can
also be created by a materials analyst using the My Teamcenter interface.

MatML
Extensible markup language that is used for exchanging material information.

nonlibrary material
Material that is not maintained in the Teamcenter materials library. For these
materials, the material mass and substance composition are not declared.

part (Materials Management)

Comprised of one or more materials, for example, screw, bolt, and so on. Each
part to material relation contains the mass of the material.

proprietary material
Material that a supplier certifies as nonrestricted but wants the substance
composition to be kept confidential for competitive reasons. The supplier does
not provide the substance breakdown of a proprietary material. A Teamcenter
user cannot see the material composition. The supplier provides a certificate,
such as a waiver, stating that the supplier will take complete responsibility
of the material composition.

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substance
Basic form of matter that cannot be disintegrated further using a mechanical or
physical process, for example, iron, carbon, cadmium, and so on. Each substance
has a unique identifier called the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number.

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a f
Adding, updating, and removing material File formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 MatML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Architecture overview . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 TC XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Assigning materials to parts . . . . . . 4-5 Find substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Assigning substances to materials . . . 5-2
i
c Importing material into Teamcenter . . 3-1
CAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Installing Materials Management . . . . 2-1
Chemical Abstracts Service number . . . 1-2 Interaction with other applications . . 1-7
Classifying materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 IP protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Components of Materials Management . . 1-2 ITAR protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 m
Substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Managing materials
Confidential material . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Assigning materials to parts . . . . . 4-5
Configuring Materials Management . . . . 2-1
Classifying materials . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Adding, updating, and removing material
Creating materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Deleting materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Configuring to add counties of conflict
Deleting materials from a part . . . . 4-6
minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Updating materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Providing access and command
Managing substances
privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Assigning substances to materials . . 5-2
Configuring to add counties of conflict
Deleting substances . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Deleting substances from a
Creating materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Creating substances . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Updating substances . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Cross reference to other databases . . 1-7
ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_
default_relation . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
d Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Default Materials Management Confidential material . . . . . . . . . 1-3
queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Nonlibrary material . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Find substances . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Proprietary material . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Search for item revisions . . . . . . 6-2 Material substance declaration
Search for material revisions . . . . 6-2 Viewing information . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Deleting materials . . . . . . . . . 4-2–4-3 material_export . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Deleting materials from a part . . . . . 4-6 material_export utility . . . . . . . . . B-2
Deleting substances . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 material_import . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Deleting substances from a material . . 5-4 material_import utility . . . . . . . . . B-4
Materials analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Materials Management
e
Architecture overview . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Exporting materials from Teamcenter . . 3-2 Assigning materials to parts . . . . . 4-5

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Assigning substances to materials . . 5-2 material_import . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Classifying materials . . . . . . . . . 4-3 MatML file format . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 n
Creating materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Cross reference to other Nonlibrary material . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Deleting materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 o
Deleting materials from a part . . . . 4-6
Deleting substances . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Overview of Materials Management . . . . 1-1
Deleting substances from a
material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 p
Exporting materials from
Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Importing material into Proprietary material . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Teamcenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Providing access and command
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Interaction with other
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 r
ITAR and IP protection . . . . . . . . 1-7
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Role of a materials analyst . . . . . . 1-6
Updating materials . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Updating substances . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 s
Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Materials Management components Search for item revisions . . . . . . . . 6-2
Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Search for material revisions . . . . . 6-2
Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Solution Specific preferences
Substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Substance Compliance preferences
Materials Management file formats . . . 1-5 ManufacturerPart_
MatML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Mat1MaterialRevision_default_
TC XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 relation . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Materials Management preferences MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_
ItemRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_ roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
default_relation . . . . . . . . . . A-3 Solution-specific preferences
ItemRevision_PartRevision_ ItemRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_
Mat1MaterialRevision_ default_ default_relation preference . . . . A-3
relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12 ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_
ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_ default_relation . . . . . . . . . . A-4
default_relation . . . . . . . . . . A-2 ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_
ManufacturerPartRevision_ default_relation preference . . . . A-2
Mat1MaterialRevision_default_ ManufacturerPartRevision_
relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5 Mat1MaterialRevision_default_relation
Mat1MaterialRevision_ preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
DefaultChildProperties . . . . . . A-6 Mat1MaterialRevision_
Mat1MaterialRevision_Mat1Substance_ DefaultChildProperties
default_relation . . . . . . . . . . A-7 preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Mat1MaterialRevision_ Mat1MaterialRevision_Mat1Substance_
PsuedoFolder . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8 default_relation preference . . . . A-7
MaterialManagement_feature_ Mat1MaterialRevision_PsuedoFolder
installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9 preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_ MaterialManagement_feature_installed
groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11 preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Materials Management utilities MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_groups
material_export . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 preference . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

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MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_ Proprietary material . . . . . . . . . 1-3

roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
PartRevision_Mat1MaterialRevision_
u
default_relation preference . . . A-12
Substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Updating materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Substance Compliance preferences Updating substances . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
ManufacturerPart_Mat1MaterialRevision_
default_relation . . . . . . . . . . A-4
MATERIALMGMT_material_creator_ v
roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10 Viewing material and substance
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
t
TC XML file format . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 w
Types of material . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Confidential material . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Nonlibrary material . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

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