To create a part:

  1. From TOC, select Design. You should see Parts and Products in the submenu.

  2.  Right-click on Parts, and choose New Parts... from the popup menu.

  3. You will see a Parts form where you define the new part by entering values for its properties. Notice the list of properties on the left side of the screen, such as Created By and Generation, these are updated automatically.

  4. For each part property shown in the form, enter a value to define the part's unique characteristics.

  1. Part Number - the part number of the part

  2. Revision - read only property, keeps track of the revisions for this part

  3. State - read only property, refers to the life-cycle state of the Part

  4. Name - the name of the part

  5. Type - select whether the part is a component, an assembly, a material, or a software

  1. Expand the list of available choices by clicking the + icon, next to Part.

  2. Select the type of part by clicking on it.

  3. Click the green check mark , on the toolbar, to complete the selection. This will close the selection dialog.

  1. Unit - a unit of measure for the part. Currently this can be either each, inches, feet, millimeters, centimeters, or meters.

  2. Make/Buy - designates if the part is made in house, or is bought from a manufacturer.

  3. Cost - read only field. The cost is calculated based on the estimated or actual costs of the parts and assemblies in the BOM of the part. It could also be a target cost of the part itself. For more information on Cost, go to Goals.

  4. Long Description - the long description of the part.

  5. Assigned Creator - is responsible for the design or the content of the part, usually an engineer and a member of the Component Engineering group Identity. An assigned creator is often identified as the Owner of the item. This may not be the same person who enters the parts data into Innovator and who appears in the Created By field to the left of the screen. There are two ways to enter information into this field.

    1. Type in the name of the identity. If you make a mistake, when you leave this field, the error checking will take place, and if no identity to match the typed in text is found, the field will be left blank.

    2. Click on the ellipses next to the field, which will popup a window of all users that can be selected.

    3. If no users appear, click on the Search icon. Select the user, then click the green check mark to complete the selection.

  6. Designated User - is responsible for managing, using, and reviewing the part. See the Assigned Creator steps of entering data into this type of field.

  7. Effective Date - the date when this part actually goes into production or whatever process that requires its participation. This is different than the release date, which gets generated automatically when the part reaches the Released state in its life cycle.

  8. Save, Unlock, and Close   the new Part.