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SE case 2: product variant example A

A simple example of how product variants can be structured. The assignment is as follows:

  • create a system (sys) that has two variants (sys var A and sys var B), the variants are connected to the system by a consists of relation.
  • the default variant is sys var A (if no conditions are specified);
  • variant sys var A consists of components comp A, comp B, and comp C;
  • variant sys var B consists of components comp B, optionally comp C and comp D;
  • based on the structure just created, generate the three possible configurations:
    • configuration 1: { comp A, comp B, comp C }
    • configuration 2: { comp B, comp D }
    • configuration 3: { comp B, comp C, comp D }
  • SE-C2-01: Visualize the three configurations and show what you need to do to differentiate between the three.
  • SE-C2-02: show how you manage comp C, which is an element of sys var A and an optional element of sys var B.

Instructions Configueres:

Default configuration

  • select “consists of” from the relations dropdown (button bottom right);
  • double click “sys” to set the viewpoint (button bottom left; selected viewpoints have a red background color);
  • the default configuration is shown with sys as starting point, sys var A as an intermediate element (green background color), and components comp A, comp B and comp C as elements of the configuration (orange background color)

System variant B (sys var B):

  • select “var_B” from the Conditions dropdown list (button bottom center);
  • the configuration now contains comp B and comp D;

System variant B including optional component comp C:

  • select “opt_C” from the Conditions dropdown list;

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