Comparing Parts

In the parts management and during the part selection it is possible to compare parts or part variants with each other. This is important in particular for part variants in order to determine the properties in which they differ from one another. The parts comparison from the parts management is described below.

Precondition:

In the Parts management dialog you have opened a parts database using [Extras] > Settings.

Select the following commands: Tab Master data > Command group Parts > Management.
Select the parts to be compared one after the other and activate the Compare check box for each of these parts individually.
Select the Compare parts menu item in the Parts management dialog below the [Extras] button.
In the Compare parts dialog click the button (Show only differences) to have only those properties displayed for which a difference exists.
Click the button (Add part to parts comparison) to add a further part to the parts comparison via a part selection.

A maximum of ten parts can be selected.
Click the button (Remove parts from parts comparison) to remove a marked part from the parts comparison again.
Click the [Go to (part)] button to close the Compare parts dialog and jump to the part that you have just selected. You can, for example, make changes to the properties there.

Tip:

During the parts comparison from the part selection you can carry out a part selection directly in the Compare parts dialog. Select the desired part in the comparison dialog and select the Select part menu item below the [OK] button. This closes the parts comparison and the Part selection dialog and selects the marked part for the device.