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Start CATIA. Login to ENOVIA
V5 VPM
and CES. For more information on logging in, refer to
Logging in to ENOVIA V5 VPM in CATIA and
Accessing CES Functionality.
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Using File > Open, open an
existing product that contains a part already in CES.

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Within the Assembly window,
select the item for which you want to find similar components.

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In the CES toolbar, click the
Find Similar CES Item
button. The Sourcing Search
window appears with the attribute fields pre-populated with the values
of the selected item.
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You can change these values,
set values for other attributes, or accept this as is and perform your
search. Once the search criteria is set, click
OK to perform the search. A
Sourcing Search Results
window appears.

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Sourcing Search Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the
Standard Search tab of the Sourcing Search window.
Fields |
Description |
Search From |
Category of data to search. |
Type |
Type of item for which to search. |
Search
Form |
Type of information to view in the
Search Results. This view can be customized based on
your requirements. Possible values are:
- All Items: Include information
on the manufacturer item, supplier item and internal
item. This includes Manufacturer Item Number,
Manufacturer Item Description, Supplier Item Number,
Internal Item Number, Price, Currency Code, and
other information.
- Manufacturers Content: Information
included depends on the item type selected:
- Manufacturer
Item: Contains only manufacturer
specific content.
- Supplier Item:
Contains supplier specific content and some
manufacturer specific content.
- Internal Item:
Contains internal item specific content and some
manufacturer specific content.
- Suppliers Content: Information
included depends on the item type selected:
- Manufacturer
Item: Contains manufacturer
specific content and some supplier specific
content.
- Supplier Item:
Contains only supplier specific content.
- Internal Item:
Contains internal item specific content and some
supplier specific content.
- Internal Content: Information
included depends on the item type selected:
- Manufacturer
Item: Contains manufacturer
specific content and some internal item specific
content.
- Supplier Item:
Contains supplier specific content and some
internal item specific content.
- Internal Item:
Contains only internal item specific content.
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Project |
Projects in which to
search. This field is enabled only if the
Type dropdown
list is set to Items - Internal. Possible values:
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Revision |
Revisions in which to
search. This field is enabled only if the
Type dropdown
list is set to Items - Internal. Possible values:
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Attribute
search fields |
Value to search for, for the respective
attribute. These fields vary depending on what you have
selected in the For: dropdown list and the
Search View:
dropdown list. The list of attributes also changes if
you click the Show Additional Properties button. |
Load Search |
Name of the saved search to load. |
Show
Count |
Check this box to have the number of
items in each category displayed after the category name
in the Category Browser. |
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This table describes the buttons displayed in the
Sourcing Search window and
the Standard Search tab of the Sourcing
Search window:
Button |
Description |
Clear All |
Click this to clear the keyword field. |
Show Additional
Properties |
Display other attributes for the selected item type. You can set
these attributes as well to further narrow your search. Please
note that when you click on the
Show Additional Properties button, the
Additional Properties :
section appears in the Sourcing
Search window and the
Show Additional Properties
button is changed to Hide
Additional Properties. This can be seen in Step
4 of How To Perform
a Standard Search in CES Engineering Catalog Navigator :
User Tasks : Search : Standard Search. |
Save Search |
Save current search criteria for later use. |
Manage Searches |
Display any saved searches for searching, modifying, or
deleting. |
OK |
Click this to execute the search command, and
get search results for items. |
Apply |
Applies
the category selected in the Category Browser to the list of
criteria in the search window, without closing the search
window. |
Close |
Click this to close the window without
performing the search. |
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