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How to launch the Product Information Manager.

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  1. On the Properties page of a part, select Product Information Manager from the Actions drop-down menu.
  2. Click Go to launch the Product Information Manager (PIM). You can minimize this window as you work in the PIM. It is important that you do not close this window until you have completed your task in the PIM.
  3. Highlight the top-level part in the PIM. This allows Save As to be available form the Selected menu.


    Highlight Top-level Part in the Product Structure

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Let's cover all of these steps in detail starting with accessing the PIM.

First, we opened the PIM in the Properties page. This allows you to work with . . .

  1. After we launched the PIM, we could use the Save As operation to create a new part.