Structure Resolution

Query Parameters enable another query mechanism to control the display of content – Structure Resolution. Structure Resolution is used to identify a specific generation of an Item. This is especially useful for CAD structures since the CAD Structure Relationship is fixed by default. This means that a CAD Structure hierarchy will be based on the CAD Items and specific relationships created from the CAD Connector (see Section CAD Data Model). Updates to individual CAD Items do not necessarily involve an update to the CAD Structure Relationship. As a result, Assembly CAD Items will ‘point to’ a generation of a CAD component that isn’t the latest.

Structure Resolution focuses on the Released state of generations of Items. It can be applied based on the following conditions/Modes:

• Default: Uses the generation of the Item that the Relationship Item includes. That is, it will be the Item with an ID matching the related_id Property of the Relationship.
• Latest: Uses the generation of the Item with the highest value.
• LatestReleased: Uses the generation of the Item with the highest value which is also Released.
• Latest Released or Latest: Uses the generation of the Item with the highest value which is also Released or the Latest if there are no Released generations.